Histories

Herodotus

Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).

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.

Among those on the islands, five divide Lesbos [26.333,39.166] (island), Lesvos, Aegean Islands, Greece, EuropeLesbos among them (there was a sixth on Lesbos [26.333,39.166] (island), Lesvos, Aegean Islands, Greece, EuropeLesbos, Arisba, but its people were enslaved by their kinfolk of Methymna [26.2,39.3333] (Perseus)Methymna); there is one on Tenedos [26.05,39.8167] (Perseus)Tenedos, and one again in the “Hundred Isles,”[*](A group of small islands between Lesbos [26.333,39.166] (island), Lesvos, Aegean Islands, Greece, EuropeLesbos and the mainland.) as they are called.

The men of Lesbos [26.333,39.166] (island), Lesvos, Aegean Islands, Greece, EuropeLesbos and Tenedos [26.05,39.8167] (Perseus)Tenedos, then, like the Ionian islanders, had nothing to fear. The rest of the cities deliberated together and decided to follow the Ionians' lead.