Welcome to Seleucia Pieria The cliffside city beloved of Zeus welcomes you to its sun-bathed slopes and shores. Whether you arrive by land or by sea, your journey will bring you straight into the heart of our Lower City where you will be warmly received. So let all your worries vanish. Allow our warm breezy sea coast, our cool, sloping residential sector, or the peaceful solitude of our shaded forests and deep ravines rejuvenate your body and spirit.

	As your ship manoeuvres into its final docking position, you may gaze in awe at the engineering skills of Greek and Roman workers who have designed the greatest port on the Syro-Phoenician coast, with not just one but two harbours - Outer and Inner - to insure safety, efficiency and fluidity of traffic. Passing by the Gate of Antioch, you will soon find accomodation that cators specifically to your tastes. Be sure to watch for posters announcing games and races at the Hippodrome situated just outside the Antioch Gate. Afterwards, we invite you to stroll our winding streets as you make your way through the market-places displaying goods from every nation under the sky. The Great Agora with its elegant porticoes is well worth a prolonged visit. This animated commercial centre lies only a few steps from the Customs Office next to the Inner Harbour with its shipyard, hangars, Imperial Warehouse and private depots. At the same time, admire the magnificent sails and prows of the Roman fleet in whose assiduous vigilance our city takes much pride.
	A leisurely climb up the Great Stair offers vistas of the Lower City from all possible angles. From the Upper City, enjoy an incomparable panorama of the Sea of Cilicia towards the northwest and the Province of Cyprus on the southwesterly horizon. No god is without his sanctuary on our mountain, and our tables honour all cuisines, as befits a city of ancient Royal heritage. A tour of the Seleucid Citadel recalls a past history of waste and hardship before the blessing of universal peace bestowed on all civilisation with the advent and glorious reigns of Divus Augustus and his successors.
	Finally, from the terrace of the Citadel (authorised personnel only), enjoy a spectacular bird’s eye view of the Inner and Outer Harbours (figure, top left) and behind you the sweet-scented forests that sweep along Mount Coryphaeus as well as the course of the River Orontes flowing from the Provincial capital, Antioch. May your sojourn, be it short or long, satisfy your every desire ; may the gods of Seleucia Pieria bring felicity and unending delight to your heart !
	Accept this welcoming gift, a parchment of Polybius’s description of our city.
	Your complimentary City Map
	1. The Nikatoreion, shrine of Seleukos I Nikator ; 2. Temple of Apollo Daphnaios ; 3. Temple of Apollo ; 4. Synagogue ; 5. Temple of Castor and Pollux ; 6. Temple of Zeus Coryphaeus ; 7. Temple of Zeus Olympicus. N.B. Above emplacements strictly hypothetical. Plan not to scale. Picture credits : 1) “View from the Citadel” : author’s composite of pictures from Turkey, Croatia and New York State ; 2) coin ; 3) crowned eagle adapted from a pair of griffons ; 4) the large open scroll from Luxorwebdesign ; 5) the map of Seleucia Pieria is edited from a map by Sylveline Ledoux in Archéologia, no. 360, 1999, Éd. Faton, Dijon, pp. 58-66. and from Victor Chapot, “Séleucie-de-Piérie,” in Mémoires de la Société Nationale des Antiquaires de France, vol. VI, Paris, 1908, pp. 148-226 ; 6) border image adapted from background by Samarcande Bahktiari.