In early times it was independent, one of the 12 important cities of Aeolis, but afterwards became subject to Myrina.

It contained a sanctuary of Apollo with an ancient oracle and a splendid temple of white marble.

[7] Pausanias wrote that at Gryneium, where there was an amazing grove of Apollo, with cultivated trees, and all those which, although they bear no fruit, are pleasing to smell or look upon.

[8] Xenophon mentions Gryneium as belonging to Gongylus of Eretria;[9] and it is possible that the castrum Grunium in Phrygia, from which Alcibiades derived an income of 50 talents was the town of Grynium.

During the expansion of İzmir–Çanakkale highway, a beautiful mosaic and necropolis area was found with sarcophagi.