. Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa. s, Acropolis,(Ub. xvii. p. 178. Wesseling.) From liis \\Titings, or at leastfrom the same source. Anian seems to have collected most of the detailsof Alexanders famous siege. The citadel and fountain of Salmacis onthe western horn, and that on the island of Arconnesus, continued toresist the Macedonians after the Arx Media and the city were probably therefore were the double Acropolis mentioned by Strabo ;but the third is ceitainly mentioned both by Diodorus, Arrian, andVitruvius ; and as certainly its remains ar
. Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa. s, Acropolis,(Ub. xvii. p. 178. Wesseling.) From liis \\Titings, or at leastfrom the same source. Anian seems to have collected most of the detailsof Alexanders famous siege. The citadel and fountain of Salmacis onthe western horn, and that on the island of Arconnesus, continued toresist the Macedonians after the Arx Media and the city were probably therefore were the double Acropolis mentioned by Strabo ;but the third is ceitainly mentioned both by Diodorus, Arrian, andVitruvius ; and as certainly its remains are seen behind the theatre,tliough Choisetd considers the Acropolis here as only meaning anelevated part of the city, a mode of expression not at all usual to Greekwriters. 15th June.—We tried to procure permission from the Disdar, theTurkish Governor of the Castle, to see the interior of tliat fortress; butafter a long negotiation, we were at last only permitted to walk with aJanissary round the outward ramparts, his jealousy not permitting the I inner. ,U^
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