Xenophon, Anabasis, Carleton L. Brownson (Translator), 7.8.8

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[8] Making their way from there through Adramyttium and Certonus, they came to the plain of the Caicus and so reached Pergamus , in Mysia .
Here Xenophon was entertained by Hellas , the wife of Gongylus¹ the Eretrian and mother of Gorgion and Gongylus.

Anabasis. Xenophon. Carleton L. Brownson (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1921-1922.

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Anabasis (English) (Xenophon in Seven Volumes, Vol. 2-3. Brownson, Carleton L, editor, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1921-1922.)

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Ἀνάβασις Perseus (Xenophon. Opera omnia, Vol. 3. Marchant, Edgar Cardew, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1904.) — 7.8.8 focus

[8] ἐντεῦθεν διʼ Ἀδραμυττίου καὶ Κερτωνοῦ ὁδεύσαντες εἰς Καΐκου πεδίον ἐλθόντες Πέργαμον καταλαμβάνουσι τῆς Μυσίας.
ἐνταῦθα δὴ ξενοῦται Ξενοφῶν Ἑλλάδι τῇ Γογγύλου τοῦ Ἐρετριέως γυναικὶ καὶ Γοργίωνος καὶ Γογγύλου μητρί.

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Anabasis

1. Whose ancestor (father?), according to Xen. Hell. 3.1.6 , had been given four cities in this neighbourhood by Xerxes

because he espoused the Persian cause, being the only man among the Eretrians who did so, and was therefore banished.

cp. Xen. Anab. 2.1.3 and note.

Xenophon Anabasis 7.8.8

Carleton L. Brownson (Translator)

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