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Proceeding with his examination of the miscellaneous objects in the saloon, he may notice successively, the head of Jupiter, from Phrygia ; a curious sepulchral inscription from Halicarnassus , forbidding any one, except relations, from occupying the tomb to which it belonged; a bas-relief from Thessaly representing a dedication of hair to Poseidon: an alto-relievo torso of Triton ; and the pedestal of the statue of Jupiter Urius , which stood in the temple of that god, at the mouth of the Euxine.

W. Blanchard Jerrold - How to See the British Museum in Four Visits

The garrison of Chalcedon was encamped near the temple of Jupiter Urius, on a promontory that commanded the entrance of the Strait; and so inconsiderable were the dreaded invasions of the barbarians that this body of troops surpassed in number the Gothic army. But it was in numbers alone that they surpassed it.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1

From the Cyanean rocks to the point and harbor of Byzantium, the winding length of the Bosphorus extends about sixteen miles, and its most ordinary breadth may be computed at about one mile and a half. The new castles of Europe and Asia are constructed, on either continent, upon the foundations of two celebrated temples, of Serapis and of Jupiter Urius.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2