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But Lesbos [Note], distant from Chios sixty-five miles, is the most celebrated of them all. It was formerly called Himerte, Lasia, Pelasgia, Ægira, Æthiope, and Macaria, and is famous for its nine cities. Of these, however, that of Pyrrha has been swallowed up by the sea, Arisbe [Note] has perished by an earthquake, and Methymna is now united to Antissa [Note]; these lie in the vicinity of nine cities of Asia, along a coast of thirty-seven miles. The towns of Agamede and
Hiera have also perished. Eresos [Note], Pyrrha, and the free
city of Mitylene [Note], still survive, the last of which was a
powerful city for a space of
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