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166 APPENDIX I.
the principal place in the public games ; to be clothed in purple,
(an especial prerogative of the royal family;) to carry a sceptre ;
and to preside at the sacrifices of Ceres and Eleusis."—(Strabo,
p. 633.)
The Ionians came from Peloponnesus, where they had been
divided into twelve states or cities ; but from these, with the
exception of Helice, being driven by the Achaeans, they passed
over into Asia, carrying with them the worship of the Heliconian
Neptune, and the sacred statues of the temple : and founding
twelve cities in imitation of those they had formerly inhabited in
Achaia, established their Panionion, or place of general assembly of
the Ionians, at Mycale, similar to the institution of the same kind
they had previously held at Helice. These were joined by some
members of the Prytaneum at Athens, who esteemed themselves
the most noble of all the Ionians. Some of these, headed by
Androclus, founded Ephesns ; and thus " this city derived its origin
from the "purest Attic source." On arriving, they brought with
them no wives, but taking the women of the country, they put to
death all the males; in consequence of which the women of
Miletus, one of the twelve cities, bound themselves and their
daughters never to sit at meals with their husbands.—(Herod, i.
142-148 ; Philost. Vita Apoll viii. 7, § 8.)
On the death of Androclus, the Ephesians revolted against his
sons and proclaimed a republic, which appears to have lasted till
the time of Alyattes, a period of four centuries and a half. On
019 B.C. the death of Alyattes, the Ephesians drove out bis sons ; but
Pindarus, hi3 grandson, regained possession of the city, and became
quietly seated as Tyrant of Ej>hesus. The story is thus told by
yElian :•—" Pindarus, the son of Melanus, and grandson by the
mother's side of Alyattes the Lydian, became Tyrant of Ephesus.
He was harsh and inflexible in justice, though mild and beneficent
in other respects; but he was particularly desirous of preserving
the liberty of his country, which is shown by the following
narrative :—
562. "When Croesus, his maternal uncle, invaded Ionia, he sent an
ambassador to Pindarus, requiring the Ephesians to submit to
him, and on their refusal besieged the city. One of the towers
falling, which was thence called the traitress, and seeing capture
the principal place in the public games ; to be clothed in purple,
(an especial prerogative of the royal family;) to carry a sceptre ;
and to preside at the sacrifices of Ceres and Eleusis."—(Strabo,
p. 633.)
The Ionians came from Peloponnesus, where they had been
divided into twelve states or cities ; but from these, with the
exception of Helice, being driven by the Achaeans, they passed
over into Asia, carrying with them the worship of the Heliconian
Neptune, and the sacred statues of the temple : and founding
twelve cities in imitation of those they had formerly inhabited in
Achaia, established their Panionion, or place of general assembly of
the Ionians, at Mycale, similar to the institution of the same kind
they had previously held at Helice. These were joined by some
members of the Prytaneum at Athens, who esteemed themselves
the most noble of all the Ionians. Some of these, headed by
Androclus, founded Ephesns ; and thus " this city derived its origin
from the "purest Attic source." On arriving, they brought with
them no wives, but taking the women of the country, they put to
death all the males; in consequence of which the women of
Miletus, one of the twelve cities, bound themselves and their
daughters never to sit at meals with their husbands.—(Herod, i.
142-148 ; Philost. Vita Apoll viii. 7, § 8.)
On the death of Androclus, the Ephesians revolted against his
sons and proclaimed a republic, which appears to have lasted till
the time of Alyattes, a period of four centuries and a half. On
019 B.C. the death of Alyattes, the Ephesians drove out bis sons ; but
Pindarus, hi3 grandson, regained possession of the city, and became
quietly seated as Tyrant of Ej>hesus. The story is thus told by
yElian :•—" Pindarus, the son of Melanus, and grandson by the
mother's side of Alyattes the Lydian, became Tyrant of Ephesus.
He was harsh and inflexible in justice, though mild and beneficent
in other respects; but he was particularly desirous of preserving
the liberty of his country, which is shown by the following
narrative :—
562. "When Croesus, his maternal uncle, invaded Ionia, he sent an
ambassador to Pindarus, requiring the Ephesians to submit to
him, and on their refusal besieged the city. One of the towers
falling, which was thence called the traitress, and seeing capture