Herodotus, The Histories, Book 8, chapter 44

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These, then, were the Peloponnesians who took part in the war. From the mainland outside the Peloponnese came the following: the Athenians provided more than all the rest, one hundred and eighty ships. They provided these alone, since the Plataeans did not fight with the Athenians at Salamis for this reason: when the Hellenes departed from Artemisium and were off Chalcis, the Plataeans landed on the opposite shore of Boeotia and attended to the removal of their households. In bringing these to safety they were left behind. [2] The Athenians, while the Pelasgians ruled what is now called Hellas, were Pelasgians, bearing the name of Cranai. When Cecrops was their king they were called Cecropidae, and when Erechtheus succeeded to the rule, they changed their name and became Athenians. When, however, Ion son of Xuthus was commander of the Athenian army, they were called after him Ionians.

Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.

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Commentary references to this page (1):
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Ajax, 202
Cross-references to this page (5):
- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.3.2
- Harper's, Iōnes
- Harper's, Pelasgi
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), ATHE´NAE
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), PLATAEA
Cross-references in notes to this page (1):
- Isocrates, Panegyricus, Isoc. 4 98
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (12):
- LSJ, Ἑλλάς
- LSJ, Ἴων
- LSJ, Κέκροψ
- LSJ, ἐκκομ-ι^δή
- LSJ, ἐπί
- LSJ, ἐπικα^λέω
- LSJ, κρα^να^ός
- LSJ, λείπω
- LSJ, πέραι-ος
- LSJ, πρός
- LSJ, στρα^τ-άρχης
- LSJ, συνναυμα^χέω

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