CLAZOMENÆ, ARUM, (Herodotus, Strabo, Velleius, Pliny); Clazomena, -æ, (Mela); one of the twelve ancient cities of Ionia. The country of Anaxagoras; situated in the neighbourhood of Colophon. The city was small, its port on the N. N. W. side of the island. Dr Chandler informs us, that traces of the walls are found by the sea; and in a hill are vestiges of a theatre. Three or four trees grew on it; and
Clazome- by one is a cave hewn in the rock, and affording water.
A vaulted room with a chimney at one end, and a ho-
vel or two made with stones piled, are all the present
structures; and these are chiefly frequented by fisher-
men and by persons employed to watch and to drive
away birds when the grain ripens. Referring to this
confined situation of Clazomene, a famous sophist,
when importuned to adorn his native city by residing
in it rather than at Smyrna, replied, The nightingale
refuses to sing in a cage.