Now the Gephyraean clan, of which the slayers of Hipparchus were members, claim to have come at first from +Eretria [23.8083,38.3917] (Perseus) Eretria, but my own enquiry shows that they were among the Phoenicians Gephyra (=bridge or dam) was another name for +Tanagra [23.6,38.3083] (Perseus) Tanagra; perhaps Herodotus' theory of an oriental origin is based on the fact that there was a place called Gephyrae in +Syria [38,35] (nation), Asia Syria. who came with Cadmus to the country now called Boeotia (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Boeotia. In that country the lands of +Tanagra [23.6,38.3083] (Perseus) Tanagra were allotted to them, and this is where they settled.

The Cadmeans had first been expelled from there by the Argives,This happened sixty years after the fall of +Troy [26.2833,39.9167] (Perseus) Troy, according to Thucydides. and these Gephyraeans were forced to go to Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens after being expelled in turn by the Boeotians. The Athenians received them as citizens of their own on set terms, debarring them from many practices not deserving of mention here.