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• CYME. ■ Loboa. Wbsrher tliii ii Ha auet lite ur not, ofty be doubtful, but it is not br from it This ig tho itoty of the origin of Ojmo. (Strah. P.6S1.) Tiie inbaliitanU of Fhriciau), a mountun ■boTC Tbenaopj'lu, landed on the spot where Cjioa nowiflj BajaStrabo; thej tbnnd tl^ iVIfiBgi, wlio bad auflered from the mr oi Troj, still in poveannn of Laiisia. The new comerg bcilt Neon Tdcbu, 30 audia foxn Lariaaa, and from tbii point annaj^ed the PeliagL Here Stnbo's lest begina to be corrupt, and it a UKleoa to attempt to mend it; thongh coe maj gueHB what ia meant. We leam, tunrerer, that Cjina waa fiianded after Neon Teichoe, and it waa named Phricoois from the mountitin in Locris. Stiahb obatrrea (p. S23) that CjiUB waa the largest and Dobltet of the Aeolian citiea; and Cjate and Leaboa might be conaiilered the parent cities of the other dtjea, which were about thirtj in number, of which not a few had ceiaed to aiaL Herodotua (L 197) obearm that the Aeoliana and loniaoB naed to coosult tho oracle at Bmnchidae, and he lella a etorj about the CjmaeuiB anenlting it when Pactjes the Lj'dian fied to them to eacape punlahment from the peniana. Cjioe came under the Pendana after the overUuvw of the Ljdian kingdom ; and a tTTBDnus of Cjme, Aristagons, wai one trf thoee who are re- fraentad by Haodotiis aa deliberatuig whether thej ataoold dabo; the bridge oTec the Danabe, and Inie king Daiioa to periah on the north aide of the rirer (it. 137). When Ariatagoras of Hiletua atimd ap tbe louiuu to revolt agamat Daiiua, Cjme JcHned the umnrection, and aent Aiiitagoru away withoot doing him any hann. Bnt Cyme waa aoon re- coTBTed by the Peniaos (t. 3B, 123). Sandocn, tbe gotenor of Cyme in the time of Xenee, com- Oiaoded fifteen shipa in the great expedition againEt Greece (b. c 480). He wema to have been a Gieek. (Herod. viL 194.) The remnant <£ the fleet of Xenea which escaped Erocn Salamia wintered at Cyme. (Herod. Tiii. I3a) The hiitoi? of Cyme is Tery hamn, nrtwithitandmg what Strabo saya of its greatneu. The place ia hardly more than mentioned in tbehiat(B7i^Thacydid(a(iiL31, nil. 31, 100). After the concliuim of the war of the Bomans agamst Antioehna, Cyme, like Colophm [Colo- PHoh], obtained fiwdam from taiation. (Pidyb. uii. a?; Lit. ixiviiL 39.) It was afterwaida in- cluded in the Boman porince of Asia. It waa one of the dliea of Aaia that was damaged by the great earthquake in the time of TiberiOD. (Tadt. .Jm. ii. 47.) Plmy (t. 30) mentiona Cyme in hia liat of Aeulian cjtia; and Ptotemy (t. 2). Under the Byiantina empn it m* a bishi^'a see. Cyme waa the birthplace of the historian Eldio- nii; and Hedod's latber, accwding to the poet ((^. tt D. 636), niled from Cyme la aettle at Ascra in Baeoti*; whkb does not pnire, *a inch conplera aa Stepbanns and Snidaa snppoae, that Haood wu a uatiTB of Cyme. Stnbo ^ 681) gives a rvaaoo for CYNOPOUS. 7!t» the alleged itnpMity of the Cymaei, whtoh Is wt worth the trouble of tranacrilnng. )r TO. I~ J CYMINE. [Ctiubhb.] CYNAETHA (i^ KitroiAi; EA. KunuBtit, KuvaiBai(J(,Po1yb.j KumBuili, Pans.: Kalivryla), a town in the north of Arcadia, situated upon the northern alope of the Amman Biouutaina, which dirided ile territory from thoee of Cteitor and Fhe- □ene. The inhabitants of Cynaetha were the oily Arcadians who lited beyond the natural baundarica of Arcadia. Their Talley sloped down towards the Corinthian gulf; and the riTer which Sowed thmngh it, fell into the Corinthian gulf a little to the esat of Bora : thU riTer waa called in ancient timee Eraai- noa or BonuCDB, now river of KaJivryta. (Strah, Tiu.p.371; Pans. vii.a4.g S.) The cUmila and BJlnation of Cynaetha are described by Polybiua aa the moet diugreeable in all Arcadia. The ums author obeervos that the character of the Cynae* tbians presented a striking contnat to that of tho other Arcadiana, being a wicked and cruel race, and so much disliked by the net of their countrymen, that tho latter would scarcely hold any intercourse with them. He attribulea their depravity la their u^lect of music, which had tended to humaniie the other Arcadians, and to cuonteract the natural mdenen engendered by their climate. Accordingly, he nt- ganied the lerrible misfcrtune which oveitixih the CynaetbUng in the Sodal war, when then: city waa destioyed by the Aelsliana, as a righteous punish- ment for thdr wickedMw, (Polyb. iv. 18—21.) Although Strabo (viii. p. 3SS) mentions Cynaetha. aa one of Ihe Arcadian towna no longer eiisting in his lime, it must have been reetored at some period after its deatmction by Ihe Aetohans, as it waa visited by Pausaniaa, who noticed in ihe agora altera of the gods and a alatue of the emperor Hadrian. At the diatams of two aladia from the town was a fountain of cold water, called Alyasus, becanae it was and to cura hydnqihobia. (Paus. liiL 19.) There am be no dunbt that the modem Tillage 1^ Kaliofyla occupiea the sla of Cynaetha, although it contains >cair«Iy any tracea of the ancient city. (Leake, Itomt, vol. ii. p. 109, ToL iii.pp. 129, 179; Bobkya, ifecAercAo, &c p. I S7 ; Curtins, Peloponiieioi, p. 383, eeq.) CYNAMIJLGI (Kwo/uiA-yoi, Diod. i!L 31), > , barbarous tribe in the souib of Aelhlopa, of whom the moBt probable account that aa be given is that they were a race ot herdsmen who guarded Iheir cattle by a breed of fierce dogi. PUny (/i.B. vi. 35) confounds Ihem with the Cyncce^iaU or i>ce ii apea witii tiie hods of dogs. [W. B. D.] CYNE (K^>^: Elh. Kwnii, KuViof), a city of Lydia, mentwDed by Uecalaena in Mb Atia. (Sleph. B. «.!..) [G.L.-f CYNETlCUtl UTTUS, in GalU* Narhonensia. Fenns Avitnuc (v. G6S — &70) plaoea Iha " sands cf the Cynetic ahora ' after the " Pyrenaanm jugum," which ia about CoUiour*. The Cyneticnm Utius i* the coast of Gallia Narlxmeuais from the mouth of the Tteh to the mouth of the Ttt, near which ia a small place called CaniL This ia shown dearly by the Ime of Avieona, which speaks of the Buachinns cutting through the aands of Ibis coast. This Boechinus ■■ the Bosciuo of Slnbo (p> 183) and Ptolemy (u. 10), and the TeUs tt UeU (il 6), in the ndimiy tezti) bat Telis ihoahl probably ba Tetia. [G. L.l CYNIA LACl^S. [Aetolia, p. 64,1.3 CVtiU'l'ULlS (Kvrw wdAu, SlejJi. U. t. v.^