Herodotus, Histories, ed. A.D. Godley, 5.57.2

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[2] The Cadmeans had first been expelled from there by the Argives,¹ and these Gephyraeans were forced to go to Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens after being expelled in turn by the Boeotians. The Athenians received them as citizens of their own on set terms, debarring them from many practices not deserving of mention here.

Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.

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[2] ἐνθεῦτεν δὲ Καδμείων πρότερον ἐξαναστάντων ὑπʼ Ἀργείων, οἱ Γεφυραῖοι οὗτοι δεύτερα ὑπὸ Βοιωτῶν ἐξαναστάντες ἐτράποντο ἐπʼ Ἀθηνέων. Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ σφέας ἐπὶ ῥητοῖσι ἐδέξαντο σφέων αὐτῶν εἶναι πολιήτας, πολλῶν τεῶν καὶ οὐκ ἀξιαπηγήτων ἐπιτάξαντες ἔργεσθαι.

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1. This happened sixty years after the fall of +Troy [26.2833,39.9167] (Perseus) Troy, according to Thucydides.

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