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Updated: May 12, 2025

The story is well known in Ionia. This Agathocles was a native of Samos, and lived not many years ago. Though his conduct showed him to be the best of friends, he was of no better family and in no better circumstances than the generality of the Samians. From boyhood he had been the friend of Dinias, the son of Lyson, an Ephesian.

of Samosata Lucian - Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03

It hath but two mountains in that country, of the which one hight Symar and that other Lyson. And this land marcheth to the kingdom of Chaldea.

Sir John Mandeville - The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

Her apples and her flowers drew forth presents which were on quite another scale of munificence: houses and farms, servants, exquisite fabrics, and gold to any extent. To make a long story short, the house of Lyson, which had the reputation of being the wealthiest in Ionia, was quite cleared out.

of Samosata Lucian - Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03

Towards the end of last century, Lyson mentions that the well was in decay and little used. One wonders what has become of John Owen's legacy. The Epsom spring had been discovered earlier in the century. It was the first of its kind found in England.

Dorothy Osborne - The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54