Histories

Those are the Ionian cities, and these are the Aeolian: Kyme [24.1167,38.6333] (Perseus)Cyme (called “Phriconian”),[*](Perhaps so called from a mountain in Aeolis (region (general)), Turkey, AsiaAeolis, Phricion, near which the Aeolians had been settled before their migration to Asia (continent)Asia.) Lerisae, Neon Teichos, Temnos, Cilla, Notium (deserted settlement), Izmir Ili, Ege kiyilari, Turkey, AsiaNotion, Aegiroessa, Pitane [26.9333,38.9333] (Perseus)Pitane, Aegaeae, Mirina [25.66,39.866] (inhabited place), Lemnos, Lesvos, Aegean Islands, Greece, EuropeMyrina, Gryneia.[*](These places lie between Smyrna [27.1667,38.4167] (Perseus)Smyrna and Bergama [27.166,39.133] (inhabited place), Izmir Ili, Ege kiyilari, Turkey, AsiaPergamum, on or near the coast. But Aegiroessa has not been exactly identified.) These are the ancient Aeolian cities, eleven in number; but one of them, Smyrna [27.1667,38.4167] (Perseus)Smyrna, was taken away by the Ionians; for these too were once twelve, on the mainland.

These Aeolians had settled where the land was better than the Ionian territory, but the climate was not so good.

Now this is how the Aeolians lost Smyrna [27.1667,38.4167] (Perseus)Smyrna. Some men of Colophon [27.1333,38.1167] (Perseus)Colophon, the losers in civil strife and exiles from their country, had been received by them into the town. These Colophonian exiles waited for the time when the men of Smyrna [27.1667,38.4167] (Perseus)Smyrna were holding a festival to Dionysus outside the walls; then they shut the gates and so got the city.

Then all the Aeolians came to recover it; and an agreement was made, whereby the Aeolians would receive back their movable goods from the Ionians, and leave the city. After this was done, the other eleven cities divided the Smyrnaeans among themselves and made them citizens of their own.

These then are the Aeolian cities on the mainland, besides those that are situated on Ida and are separate.