Description of Greece

​The Colophonians believe that the sanctuary in Claros and the oracle were established from the remotest antiquity. They say that while the Carians still held the land, the first of the Greeks to arrive in it were Cretans, namely Rhacius and the great multitude that followed Rhacius, who occupied the parts by the sea and were strong in ships; but the Carians still inhabited most of the country. When Thersander, the son of Polynices, and the Argives took Thebes, among other captives Manto also was brought to Delphi for Apollo; but Tiresias was overtaken by his destiny during the journey in the territory of Haliartus.

​And when the god sent them out to found a colony, they crossed by ship to Asia, and when they were off Claros, the Cretans came out against them with arms and led them up to Rhacius. He — for he learned from Manto who they were and for what reason they had come — took Manto as his wife, and made those who were with her fellow-settlers. And Mopsus, the son of Rhacius and Manto, drove the Carians out of the land completely.

​The Ionians, having made oaths with the Greeks in Colophon, shared the citizenship on equal terms, having no advantage. The kingship of the Ionians was taken by Damasichthon and Promethus, the sons of Codrus, who were the leaders. But Promethus later killed his brother Damasichthon and fled to Naxos, and died there in Naxos, and when his corpse was brought back home, the children of Damasichthon received it for burial; and the place where the tomb of Promethus is is named Polyteichides.

​How it befell the Colophonians that their city was devastated has already been shown in the parts of my narrative concerning Lysimachus; the Colophonians were the only ones of those who were relocated to Ephesus who fought against Lysimachus and the Macedonians, and the tomb of those of the Colophonians themselves and of the Smyrnaeans who fell in the battle is on the left of the road as you go to Claros.

​As for the Lebedians, Lysimachus made their city desolate, so that indeed there might be a contribution of inhabitants to Ephesus for its enlargement; but their land is fertile in other respects and offers hot baths that are the most numerous and most pleasant of those by the sea. In the beginning, the Carians also inhabited Lebedus, until Andraemon, the son of Codrus, and the Ionians drove them out. The tomb of Andraemon is on the left of the road as you go from Colophon, after you cross the river Calaon.