<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Umthombo wokuqala wokukhuluma ngeRhoiteion ngusazimlando wekhulu lesi-5 BC uHerodotus okhuluma ngawo njengelinye lamadolobha uXerxes adlula nawo nebutho lasePheresiya esendleleni eya eGrisi ngo-480 BC. Ngesikhathi esifanayo nesikhathi uHerodotus ayebhala ngaso, isazi-mlando saseMytilene, uHellanicus, sabhekisela emlandweni waseRhoiteion eNcwadini 1 yencwadi yaso ethi Troika, umlando waseTroy, sathi ngemva kokuphangwa kwe-Ilium, iRhoiteion neSigeion eseduze babehlukanise indawo yedolobha elaliwile. I-Rhoiteion yayingelinye lamadolobha ase-Actaean uMytilene alahlekelwa ukulawula ngemva kokuphela kokuvukela kukaMytilene  <response>: ngo-427 BC. Ngentwasahlobo ka-424 BC, ababaleki baseMytilene bathatha iRhoiteion, kodwa babuyisela ukulawula kwayo e-Athene lapho bekhokhelwa isihlengo sama-staters angama-2,000 ama-Phokaian. 