and this Mycale is a promontory of the mainland running out Westwards towards Samos, where the Ionians gathering together from their cities used to hold a festival which they called the Panionia. (And not only the feasts of the Ionians but also those of all the Hellenes equally are subject to this rule, that their names all end in the same letter, just like the names of the Persians.) 162

These then are the Ionian cities: 149. and those of Aeolia are as follows:⁠—Kyme, which is called Phriconis, Larisai, Neonteichos, Temnos, Killa, Notion, Aigiroessa, Pitane, Aigaiai, Myrina, Gryneia; these are the ancient cities of the Aeolians, eleven in number, since one, Smyrna, was severed from them by the Ionians; for these cities, that is those on the mainland, used also formerly to be twelve in number. And these Aeolians had the fortune to settle in a land which is more fertile than that of the Ionians but in respect of climate less favoured. 163 150.