Xenophon

“ Some critics have conjectured that the name should be Cytonium, a place between Mysia and Lydia; and Hug, who reads {Kutoniou}, omits {odeusantes par 'Atanea}, "they made their way by Atarneus," as a gloss. ↑ Cf. Thuc. i. 128; also "Hell." III. i. 6. ↑ The Hyrcanian cavalry play an important part in the "Cyropaedeia." They are the Scirites of the Assyrian army who came over to Cyrus after the first battle. Their country is the fertile land touching the south-eastern corner of the Caspian. ”

“ Thence they made their way through Adramytium and Certonus [4] by Atarneus, coming into the plain of the Caicus, and so reached Pergamus in Mysia.
Here Xenophon was hospitably entertained at the house of Hellas, the wife of Gongylus the Eretrian, [5] the mother of Gorgion and Gongylus. From her he learnt that Asidates, a Persian notable, was in the plain. "If you take thirty men and go by night, you will take him prisoner," she said, "wife, children, money, and all; of money he has a store;" ”

“ Others think that a writing, not a painting, is referred to. ↑ Zeus Meilichios, or the gentle one. See Thuc. i. 126. The festival of the Diasia at Athens was in honour of that god, or rather of Zeus under that aspect. Cf. Arist. "Clouds," 408. ↑ Thebe, a famous ancient town in Mysia, at the southern foot of Mt. ”