Chapter XIX

Historical Sketch of Cyrene — Its Foundation by a
Lacedæmonian Colony — Dynasty of the Battiades, or Family
of Battus — Cession of the Country to Ptolemy Lagus — And
afterwards to the Romans by Apion, the last of the Ptolemies
who possessed it — Cyrene becomes a Roman Province, and is
united in one Government with Crete — Illustrious Persons who
were natives of Cyrene — Tenets of the Sect of Philosophers
termed Cyrenaic — Decay of the City and its final Desertion
in Christian times after the Transfer of the Bishopric to
Ptolemeta — Return of the Expedition to Bengazi, and its
subsequent Departure for Malta 558

LIST OF PLATES.

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1. Solitary Palm-Tree at Arar, remarkable as being the
only Tree in the Greater Syrtis VI.

2. Formidable Appearance of the Coast at Zaffran _ib._

3. Remains of an Ancient Bridge at Ptolemeta XII.

4. Remains of an Ancient Mausoleum at Ptolemeta _ib._

5. Remains of an Ionic Building at Ptolemeta (Vignette) _ib._

6. Remains of an early Christian Church at Ptolemeta _ib._

7. Singular Position of Two Inhabited Caves in the
Neighbourhood of Apollonia XVII.

8. Position of the Amphitheatre, the Fountain of Apollo,
and some other Remains at Cyrene XVI.

9. Elevation of the Internal Façade of an Excavated
Tomb at Cyrene _ib._

10. Suite of Allegorical Figures painted on the Metopes
of One of the Excavated Tombs at Cyrene _ib._

11. Partial View of the Tombs on the Heights of Cyrene _ib._

12. Architectural Front of One of the Doric excavated
Tombs at Cyrene XVIII.

13. Entrance to the Fountain of Apollo at Cyrene (Vignette) XVI.

LIST OF CHARTS AND PLANS.

General Chart of the Route I.

Chart, showing the Difference between the Coast Line of
former Charts, and that obtained by the Expedition X.

Plan of the Port and Neighbourhood of Bengazi XI.

Plan of the City of Teuchira XII.

Plan of the City of Ptolemeta _ib._

Plan of the City and Environs of Cyrene XV.

Plan of the City, on a larger Scale _ib._

Plan of the Town of Derna and of the Port of Zaffran XVII.

Plan of the Port and City of Apollonia _ib._