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Town on the coast of Ionia S of Kolophon, 55 km S of Smyrna. Called
by Thucydides (3.34) Notion of the Kolophonians, the city was assessed in the
Delian Confederation at one-third of a talent, separately from Kolophon. The two
cities were always closely connected, and by Aristotle's time were politically
fused into one; Notion was called in Hellenistic times Kolophon on Sea or New
Kolophon. The city was never very prosperous in its own right and seems never
to have struck coins.
The site is on a hill directly above the sea, at the mouth of a small
stream, the Halesos or Ales. It occupies two summits enclosed by a circuit wall
of Hellenistic or earlier date some 3 km long, with at least four gates; much
of this wall is still in fair condition. On the W summit are the foundations of
a small temple, identified by an inscription as that of Athena; the altar is on
the E front. Lower down to the E is the site of the agora, adjoined on the E by
a rectangular building with seats on three sides, perhaps a council chamber. The
theater lies at the W foot of the E hill; it is small, with 27 rows of seats,
of Greek form but reconstructed in Roman times. Part of the retaining wall and
a vaulted passage survive. The stage building is buried. Above the theater is
a second agora. The necropolis was on the next hill to the N; the tombs are mostly
rock-cut or sunk in the ground, only a few being constructed of masonry.
G.E. Bean, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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