Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . FIGURES OF APOLLO AT RHODES. 195 rays, which are placed upon a nimbus, or disk, in bas-relief. Thishead bears a remarkable likeness to that of the god as he is seenupon the coins of Rhodes, and on the handles of the Rhodian amphora3;*and the appearance of this god at Tarsus may be accounted for by theuniversal diffusion of Rhodian commerce, and the increasing respect paidto the god Helios in the days of the Ptolemies and luider the RomanEmpire
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Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . FIGURES OF APOLLO AT RHODES. 195 rays, which are placed upon a nimbus, or disk, in bas-relief. Thishead bears a remarkable likeness to that of the god as he is seenupon the coins of Rhodes, and on the handles of the Rhodian amphora3;*and the appearance of this god at Tarsus may be accounted for by theuniversal diffusion of Rhodian commerce, and the increasing respect paidto the god Helios in the days of the Ptolemies and luider the RomanEmpire