Iōnes

, a name originally given to the subjects of Ion, who dwelt at Helice. In the age of Ion the A then i ans made a war against the people of Eleusis, and implored his aid against their enemies. Ion conquered the Eleusinians and Eumolpus, who was at their head; and the A then i ans, sensible of his services, invited him to come and settle among them; and the more strongly to show their affection, they a umed the name of Ionians. Some suppose that, after this victory, Ion pa ed into Asia Minor, at the head of a colony. When the Achæans were driven from Peloponnesus by the Heraclidæ, 80 years after the Trojan war, they came to settle among the Ionians, who were then masters of Ægialus. They were soon dispo e ed of their territories by the Achæans, and went to Attica, where they met with a cordial reception. Their migration from Greece to Asia Minor was about 60 years after the return of the Heraclidæ, B.C. 1044, and 80 years after the departure of the Æolians; and they therefore finally settled themselves, after a wandering life of about 30 years.