. , of Cyzicum, lived 241, was a disciple of the Milesian Philiscus,who had been a disciple of Isocrates. He wasa voluminous writer, principally of history.(C. Miiller, Fragm. Hist. ) Neapolis (N€: NeairoAirjyy, Neapoli-tanus). I. In Europe. 1. (Napoli or Naples),a city in Campania in Italy, on the W. slope ofMt. Vesuvius and on the river Sebethus, wasfounded by the Chalcidians of Cumae, on thesite of an ancient place called Parthenope(TlapBevoTrri), after the Siren of that we find the town called
. , of Cyzicum, lived 241, was a disciple of the Milesian Philiscus,who had been a disciple of Isocrates. He wasa voluminous writer, principally of history.(C. Miiller, Fragm. Hist. ) Neapolis (N€: NeairoAirjyy, Neapoli-tanus). I. In Europe. 1. (Napoli or Naples),a city in Campania in Italy, on the W. slope ofMt. Vesuvius and on the river Sebethus, wasfounded by the Chalcidians of Cumae, on thesite of an ancient place called Parthenope(TlapBevoTrri), after the Siren of that we find the town called Parthenope l>vVirgil and Ovid ( 564; Met. xv. 711).The year of the foundation of Neapolis is notrecorded. It was called the New City, accord-ing to Strabo, because it afterwards receivedadditional Chalcidian and Athenian colonists(Strab. p. 246). It is likely that Palaeopolismentioned by Livy (viii. 22) was the old quar-ter, also called Parthenope, and the originalsettlement, and that was afterwards superseded NEARCHUS 58*. Coin ol Ncapoli-i In Campania (about :K» ). Obv., head of Parthenope: r- NBOIIOA1TON ; man-headedbull crowned by victory. in importance by the more recent is conjectured with probability that the siteof the first settlement, Palaeopolis or Parthe-nope, was on the hill of Pausilypus (Posilippo).The new town was close to the river Sebethus,and occupied the site of the eastern part ofNaples. In 327 the town was taken by theHamnites, and in 2!)0 it passed into the handsof the Romans, who allowed it, however, toretain its Greek constitution. At a later periodit became a municipium (Cic. ad Warn. xiii. 80),«nd under the empire, before the time of Clau-dius, a colony (Petrou. 44, 76). Under theRomans the two quarters of the city wereunited, and the name of Palaeopolis disap-peared. It continued to be a prosperous andflourishing place till the time of the empire ;and its beautiful scenery, and the luxurious lifeof its Greek
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