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κολωνοῦ. The spot indicated by H. is the hill Maltepe. It is the highest point of cape Nagara, which projects further into the Hellespont than the other promontories, and is admirably fitted to give a view of the Hellespont and its coasts.

προεξέδρη might be (cf. Pollux, ix. 46) like ἐξέδρη, a Loggia for rest in a cool spot with a good view, but is here probably an elevated platform (so προεδρίη, iv. 88. 1) on which the king's throne might be placed (cf. Layard, Nineveh and Babylon, p. 150). So Strabo 625 ὑπέρκειται τῶν Σάρδεων Τμῶλος εὔδαιμον ὄρος ἐν τῇ ἀκρωρείᾳ σκοπὴν ἔχον, ἐξέδραν λευκοῦ λίθου, Περσῶν ἔργον.

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