Herodotus counted Cilia as one of the eleven old Aeolian cities of Asia.
[2] Strabo places Cilia in the Adramyttene: He says, "...near to Thebe is now a place named Cilia, where the temple of Apollo Cillaeus is; there flows by it the river Cillos which comes from Ida; both Chrysa and Cilla are near Antandrus; also the hill Cillaeum in Lesbos derived its name from this Cilla; and there is a mountain Cillaeum between Gargara and Antandrus; Daes of Colonae says that the temple of Apollo Cillaeus was first built at Colonae by the Aeolians, who came from Hellas; and they say that a temple of Apollo Cillaeus was also built at Chrysa, but it is uncertain whether this Apollo was the same as Smintheus, or another.
"[3] According to fragmentary inscriptions from the Acropolis, Cilla was a member of the Delian League.
[4] The river mentioned by Strabo is identified with the modern Zeytinli Dere, but the site of the town itself has not been discovered.
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