The Colophonians once possessed a considerable armament, consisting both of ships and of

cavalry. In the latter they were so much superior to other nations, that in any obstinate
engagement, on whichever side the Colophonian horse were auxiliaries, they decided it; whence
came the proverb, he put the Colophon to it, when a person brought any affair to a decisive
issue.1
Among some of the remarkable persons born at Colophon were Mimnermus, a flute-player and
an elegiac poet; Xenophanes, the natural philosopher, who composed Silli in verse. Pindar
mentions one Polymnastus also, a Colophonian, as distinguished for his skill in music: Thou
knowest the celebrated strains of Polymnastus, the Colophonian: and some writers affirm that
Homer was of that city. The voyage from Ephesus in a straight line is 70 stadia, and including
the winding of the bays, 120.
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Next to Colophon is the mountain Coracium, and a small island sacred to Artemis, to which it is
believed that the hinds swim across to bring forth their young.
Then follows Lebedos,1 distant from Colophon 120 stadia. This is the place of meeting and
residence2 of the Dionysiac artists (who travel about) Ionia as far as the Hellespont. In Ionia a
general assembly is held, and games are celebrated every year in honour of Bacchus. These
artists formerly inhabited Teos,3 a city of the Ionians, next in order after Colophon, but on the
breaking out of a sedition they took refuge at Ephesus; and when Attalus settled them at
Myonnesus,4 between Teos and Lebedos, the Teians sent a deputation to request the Romans not
to permit Myonnesus to be fortified, as it would endanger their safety. They migrated to
Lebedos, and the Lebedians were glad to receive them, on account of their own scanty
population.
Teos is distant from Lebedos 120 stadia. Between these two places is the island Aspis, 5 which
some writers call Arcon- nesus. Myonnesus is situated upon high ground resembling a
peninsula.

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