CLAZOMENÆ, ARUM, (Herodotus, Strabo, Velicius, Pliny); Clazomena, α, (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 grow on its top and
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Cleanthes by one is a cave hewn in the rock, and affording water. A vaulted room with a chimney at one end, and a hovel or two made with stones piled, are all the present structures; and these are chiefly frequented by fishermen 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.