Syria and the Holy Land : their scenery and their people : incidents of travel, &cfrom the best and most recent authorities . munifi-cence of succeeding emperors; and every generation added new ornamentsto the splendour of the temple. At last, the Christians of Antioch built amagnificent church here to Babylas, bishop of that city, who died in thepersecution of Decius ; the rites began thenceforth to be neglected, and thepriest of Apollo to forsake the place. Julian the Apostate endeavoured torevive the love of Paganism amidst the groves of Daphne. He visited theneglected altars, and resumed t
Syria and the Holy Land : their scenery and their people : incidents of travel, &cfrom the best and most recent authorities . munifi-cence of succeeding emperors; and every generation added new ornamentsto the splendour of the temple. At last, the Christians of Antioch built amagnificent church here to Babylas, bishop of that city, who died in thepersecution of Decius ; the rites began thenceforth to be neglected, and thepriest of Apollo to forsake the place. Julian the Apostate endeavoured torevive the love of Paganism amidst the groves of Daphne. He visited theneglected altars, and resumed the sacrifices, and saw, with mortification andanguish, that their reign was over, that their sun was going down, and thatthe mysterious voice had gone forth in Daphne, as in the temples of Greece, Let us go hence. One night the temple was discovered to be in flames;the statue of Apollo was consumed to ashes, as also were the altars. Juliansaid that the malice of the Christians had caused the conflagration; theChristians said it was the vengeance of road from Antioch to Aleppo passes through the ancient gate now. Bab Boulos, Antakiah, from the Interior. called Bab Boulos, or Pauls Gate, which lies about half-a-mile from the * Pococke. Capt. Kinneir. f Came. ALEPPO. 283 modern Antakiah. Immediately within the gate there is a clear spring ofexcellent water, shaded with trees ; and when we have said this, it is almostsuperfluous to add, that a Turkish estaminet is to be found on the spot. Fourmiles further on, the Orontes is crossed by a bridge called Gesr-el-Hadeed,or the Iron Bridge. On our way thither, the Turkish guide pointed out tous a rising ground, surmounted by the ruins of a medieval fortress. Underthat rising-ground you see yonder, he said, there is a lake with banks allglittering with diamonds and heaps of gold; there is a boat on the lake, andMuslims, Armenians, Greeks, and Jews may enter it, and row up and downthe lake, but if they attempted to reach the shor
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