The Ionians furnished a hundred ships; their equipment was like the Greek. These Ionians, as long as they were in the +Peloponnese [22,37.5] (region), Greece, Europe Peloponnese, dwelt in what is now called +Achaea [21.75,38.25] (department), Peloponnese, Greece, Europe Achaia, and before Danaus and Xuthus came to the +Peloponnese [22,37.5] (region), Greece, Europe Peloponnese, as the Greeks say, they were called Aegialian Pelasgians. 1 They were named Ionians after Ion the son of Xuthus.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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