Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 142

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οἱ δὲ Ἴωνες οὗτοι, τῶν καὶ τὸ Πανιώνιον ἐστί, τοῦ μὲν οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῶν ὡρέων ἐν τῷ καλλίστῳ ἐτύγχανον ἱδρυσάμενοι πόλιας πάντων ἀνθρώπων τῶν ἡμεῖς ἴδμεν: [2] οὔτε γὰρ τὰ ἄνω αὐτῆς χωρία τὠυτὸ ποιέει τῇ Ἰωνίῃ οὔτε τὰ κάτω οὔτε τὰ πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ οὔτε τὰ πρὸς τὴν ἑσπέρην,¹ τὰ μὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ψυχροῦ τε καὶ ὑγροῦ πιεζόμενα, τὰ δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ θερμοῦ τε καὶ αὐχμώδεος. [3] γλῶσσαν δὲ οὐ τὴν αὐτὴν οὗτοι νενομίκασι, ἀλλὰ τρόπους τέσσερας παραγωγέων. Μίλητος μὲν αὐτέων πρώτη κέεται πόλις πρὸς μεσαμβρίην, μετὰ δὲ Μυοῦς τε καὶ Πριήνη. [4] αὗται μὲν ἐν τῇ Καρίῃ κατοίκηνται κατὰ ταὐτὰ διαλεγόμεναι σφίσι, αἵδε δὲ ἐν τῇ Λυδίῃ, Ἔφεσος Κολοφὼν Λέβεδος Τέως Κλαζομεναὶ Φώκαια: αὗται δὲ αἱ πόλιες τῇσι πρότερον λεχθείσῃσι ὁμολογέουσι κατὰ γλῶσσαν οὐδέν, σφισι δὲ ὁμοφωνέουσι. ἔτι δὲ τρεῖς ὑπόλοιποι Ἰάδες πόλιες, τῶν αἱ δύο μὲν νήσους οἰκέαται, Σάμον τε καὶ Χίον, ἡ δὲ μία ἐν τῇ ἠπείρῳ ἵδρυται, Ἐρυθραί. Χῖοι μέν νυν καὶ Ἐρυθραῖοι κατὰ τὠυτὸ διαλέγονται, Σάμιοι δὲ ἐπ᾽ ἑωυτῶν μοῦνοι. οὗτοι χαρακτῆρες γλώσσης τέσσερες γίνονται.

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Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.

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Commentary references to this page (2):
- W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886), 3.169
- Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900), 24.544
Cross-references to this page (10):
- Harper's, Erythrae
- Harper's, Lebĕdus
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), CHIOS
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), CLAZO´MENAE
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), E´PHESUS
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), ERYTHRAE
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), IO´NIA
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), LE´BEDOS
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), PRIE´NE
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), TEOS
Cross-references in notes to this page (1):
- Herodotus, The Histories, Hdt. 7.95
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (18):
- LSJ, Ἔφεσος
- LSJ, Ἐρυθραί
- LSJ, Χίος
- LSJ, Χῖος
- LSJ, ἄνω
- LSJ, αὐχμώδης
- LSJ, διαλέγω
- LSJ, ἐπί
- LSJ, γλῶσσα
- LSJ, ὁμοφων-έω
- LSJ, ὁμολογ-έω
- LSJ, οὐρα^νός
- LSJ, παραγωγ-ή
- LSJ, πόλις
- LSJ, θερμός
- LSJ, ὑγρός
- LSJ, ὥρα
- LSJ, ψυ_χρός

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