Book 1

1.141 After Lydia fell, the Greeks who'd sided w/Croesus sued for favorable terms. Cyrus' reply: "Too late!" They sent to Sparta for help.

Posted on 06-01-15 | Permalink

1.142 Ionia has a beautiful climate. Four different dialects are spoken among the 12 Ionian cities, the southernmost of which is Miletus.

Posted on 06-02-15 | Permalink

1.143 The Milesians were ok as they had a deal w/Cyrus; the islanders bc the Persians weren't seamen. Now, the 12 cities were confederates.

Posted on 06-03-15 | Permalink

1.144 (The Dorians likewise have a five-city confederacy. It used to be six cities, but Halicarnassus got kicked out.)

Posted on 06-04-15 | Permalink

1.145 I think the Ionians had a 12-city confederacy because they'd been divided into 12 groups before they were driven from the Peloponnese.

Posted on 06-05-15 | Permalink

1.146 It's not because those 12 were any more Ionian or more noble than the others. After all, there was a lot of mixing of populations.

Posted on 06-06-15 | Permalink

1.147 But let's just say that the Ionians in Asia are purebred Ionians. (Though anyone of Athenian stock who keeps the Apaturia is Ionian.)

Posted on 06-07-15 | Permalink

1.148 The Panionium is a sacred place in Mycale (opposite Samos) where the Ionians congregate.

Posted on 06-08-15 | Permalink

1.149 Those are the Ionian cities. There are 11 Aeolian cities in Asia. There used to be a 12th, Smyrna, but they lost it to the Ionians.

Posted on 06-09-15 | Permalink

1.150 The Smyrnaeans once took in some Ionian fugitives who then seized the city. The Ionians kept Smyrna but gave back movable property.

Posted on 06-10-15 | Permalink





"Tweeting Herodotus, or recasting The History for the digital age"

Press release

Herodotus Timemap (see for maps)

Macaulay's trans. with facing Greek


Browse tweets by book
Or click here to find a specific section.

1534 of 1534 sections posted:
0%
100%