Book 1
142.1
Now these Ionians possessed the Panionion [27.1167,37.6833] (Perseus) Panionion , and of all men whom we know, they happened to found their cities in places with the loveliest of climate and seasons.
142.2
For neither to the north of them nor to the south does the land effect the same thing as in Ionia (region (general)), Europe Ionia [nor to the east nor to the west], affected here by the cold and wet, there by the heat and drought.
142.3
They do not all have the same speech but four different dialects. Miletus [27.3,37.5] (Perseus) Miletus lies farthest south among them, and next to it come Myous (deserted settlement), Aydin Ili, Ege kiyilari, Turkey, Asia Myus and Priene [27.2833,37.6333] (Perseus) Priene ; these are settlements in Caria [28,37.5] (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Caria , and they have a common language; Ephesus [27.316,37.916] (deserted settlement), Izmir Ili, Ege kiyilari, Turkey, Asia Ephesus , Colophon [27.1333,38.1167] (Perseus) Colophon , Lebedos, Teos [26.8,38.1667] (Perseus) Teos , Klazomenai [26.7833,38.3167] (Perseus) Clazomenae , Foca [26.75,38.666] (inhabited place), Izmir Ili, Ege kiyilari, Turkey, Asia Phocaea , all of them in Lydia [27.516,38.683] (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Lydia ,