1. Introduction: identity and the construction of cultural difference 2. Foundation myths and politics 3. Ionia 4. Miletus: violence and bloodshed 5. Chios and Samos: land and island 6. Colophon and Ephesus: founding mothers 7. Being Ionian: the Ionian League, Ionian migrations, and Smyrna 8. Conclusions.
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