 Alexander the Great conceived the idea of restoring the Greek city in a scheme that was, according to Strabo, actually carried out under Antigonus (316–301 BC) and Lysimachus (301 BC—281 BC), who enlarged and fortified the city.The ruined acropolis of the ancient city, the "crown of Smyrna", had been on a steep peak about high, which overhangs the northeast extremity of the gulf.Modern İzmir was constructed atop the later Hellenistic city, partly on the slopes of a rounded hill the Greeks called "Pagos" near the southeast end of the gulf, and partly on the low ground between the hill and the sea.