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[68] ἐν δὲ μιᾷ τιμᾷ Τρίοπον καταθεῖο, 'and set apart the hill of Triopon in one and the same united honour, giving equal right to the Dorian states hard by.' The promontory Triopon or Triopion in Caria was the centre of cults of Demeter, Poseidon, the Nymphs, and especially Apollo, celebrated by the Dorian pentapolis of Lindus, Ialysus, Camirus, Cnidus, and Cos to the exclusion of other Dorian cities (Herod. i. 44; Stein, ad loc.). Great respect was paid to this religious union by Ptolemy II.

μιᾷ = a single united honour; not 'in one cult' with Cos, since Triopon was not a sovereign city participating in the league, but only a central point of meeting for the league.


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