. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . e of Ta-merlane. Not long after it fell into the hands ofthe lurks, who have retained possession of it eversince. It is now the great mart of the Levanttrade. Of Old Smyrna only a few remains nowexist on the north-eastern side of the bay of Smyrna;tin- walls of the acropolis are in the ancient Cyclopeanstyle. The ancient remains of New Smyrna aremore numerous, especially of its walls which are ofa solid and massive construction; of the stadiumbetween the western gate aud the sea, which, how-ever, is stripped of its marble seats and decorations;and of
. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . e of Ta-merlane. Not long after it fell into the hands ofthe lurks, who have retained possession of it eversince. It is now the great mart of the Levanttrade. Of Old Smyrna only a few remains nowexist on the north-eastern side of the bay of Smyrna;tin- walls of the acropolis are in the ancient Cyclopeanstyle. The ancient remains of New Smyrna aremore numerous, especially of its walls which are ofa solid and massive construction; of the stadiumbetween the western gate aud the sea, which, how-ever, is stripped of its marble seats and decorations;and of the theatre on the side of a hill fronting thebay. These and other remains of ancient buildingshave been destroyed by the Turks in orderto obtain thematerials for other buildings; but numerous remainsof ancient art have been dug out of the ground atSmyrna. (Chandlers Travels in Asia. pp. 76, 87;Prokesch, Daihourdigkeiten, i. p. 515, foil.; Ha-milton, Researches, i. p. 46, foil.; Sir C. Fellows,Asia Minor, p. 10, foil.) [L. S.] SODOM. ioi:. COIN flF SMYRNA. SMTBNAEUS SINUS (luvpvaiwv k6\ttos), alsocalled the bay of Hennus ( koAttos), fromthe river Hennus, which flows into it, or the bay ofMeles (MeATJTou k.), from the little river Meles, isthe bay at the head of which Smyrna is its entrance to the head it is 350 stadia inlength, but is divided into a larger and a smallerbasin, which have been formed by the deposits of theHermus, which have at the same time much nar-rowed the whole bay. A person sailing into ithad on his right the promontory of Celaenae, and onhis left the of Phocaea; the central part oithe bay contained numerous small islands. ( p. 645; Pomp. Mela, i. 17; VU. Earn. 2;Steph. B. s. v. Invpva.) [L. S.] SOANAS (2orf*as, PtoL vii. 4. § 3), a smallriver of Taprobane (Ceylon), which flowed into theMB on the western side of the island. Lassen (inhis map) calls it the Kilau. On its banks lived aof the 6atne name, the Soani. (Pto
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