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ASPENDUS (mod. Balkls Kale , or, more anciently in the native language, ESTVEDYS (whence the adjective Estvedijys on coins), an ancient city of Pamphylia, very strongly situated on an isolated hill on the right bank of the Eurymedon at the point where the rive ...

ASPEN, an important section of the poplar genus (Popttlus) of which the common aspen of Europe, P. tremula, may be taken as the type, — a tall fast-growing tree with rather slender trunk, and grey bark becoming rugged when old. The roundish leaves, toothed on

ARSENIUS (c. 354-450), an anchorite, said to have been born of a noble Roman family, who achieved a high reputation for his knowledge of Greek and Roman literature. He was appointed by Theodosius the Great, tutor of the young princes Arcadius and Honorius, but

... ned by Thucydides. In opposition to this view, Wilamowitz-MollcndorfF ASPASIUS— ASPENDUS (Hermes, xxxv. 1900) regards her simply as a courtesan, whose personality would readily become the subject of rumour, favourable or unfavourable. There is a bust bearing h ...

... on the level of the topmost row of seats; remains of such a portico (or, as at Aspendus, of a series of arcades) can sometimes be traced. the natural hill-slope of Greek theatres. The Roman theatre thus became an organic whole; the auditorium and stagebuildin ...