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The above-mentioned, then, are the twelve towns of the Ionians.
The Aeolic cities are the following: Cyme, called also Phriconis,
Larissa, Neonteichus, Temnus, Cilla, Notium, Aegiroessa,
Pitane, Aegaeae, Myrina, and Gryneia. These are the eleven
ancient cities of the Aeolians. Originally, indeed, they had twelve
cities upon the mainland, like the Ionians, but the Ionians deprived
them of Smyrna, one of the number. The soil of Aeolis is better
than that of Ionia, but the climate is less agreeable.
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