Histories

Herodotus

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

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.