The most powerful victims of war or faction from the rest of Hellas took refuge with the Athenians as a safe retreat; and at an early period, becoming naturalized, swelled the already large population of the city to such a height that Attica became at last too small to hold them, and they had to send out colonies to Ionia.
izan ere, Heladeko beste leku batzuetatik gerra edo erreboltak egotzitako jende ospetsu anitzek Atenasera jo zuen, bertan jendarte sustraitua aurkitu eta hiritar bihurtu zirelarik; hortik dator hiri hura gero eta populatuago bilakatzea antzinako denboretatik, eta Atika haiek denak hartzeko txikiegi bihurtzean, atenastarrek koloniak ere bidaltzea gero, Joniara.