Chians

[283] The Chians were the most faithful allies of Athens, and hence their name was always mentioned in prayers, decrees, etc.

The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes

Indeed, after the Lacedaemonians, the Chians are the only people that I have known who knew how to be wise in prosperity, and who ordered their city the more securely the greater it grew.

The History of the Peloponnesian War 455? BC-395 BC Thucydides 1866

4 Indeed, after the Spartans, the Chians are the only people that I have known who knew how to be wise in prosperity, and who ordered their city the more securely the greater it grew.

THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

4 Indeed, after the Spartans, the Chians are the only people that I have known who knew how to be wise in prosperity, and who ordered their city the more securely the greater it grew.

THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

Chians possess, and is called Atarneus, he there met with

Satyricon 2007

At the beginning of the next summer the Chians were eager to get the fleet sent off at once.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

The Chians, on the other hand, bring forward evidence to show that he was their countryman, saying that there actually remain some of his descendants among them who are called Homeridae.

Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

They made descents upon Cardamylè and Bolissus, and having defeated with heavy loss the Chians who came out to meet them, they devastated all that region.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

After a while Eteonicus called a meeting of the Chians, and imposed upon them a contribution of money, on the ground that with pay in their pockets the sailors would have no temptation to revolutionary projects.

Hellenica 2007

After this the Chians and the other allies held a meeting in

Hellenica 2007