Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ebe mbụ e kwuru maka Rhoiteion bụ onye ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere eme nke narị afọ nke 5 BC bụ Herodotus onye kwuru ya dịka otu n'ime obodo Xerxes na-agafe ndị agha Peshia n'ụzọ ya na Gris na 480 BC. N'oge yiri nke ahụ mgbe Herodotus na-ede, Mytileneean logographer Hellanicus zoro aka na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Rhoiteion na Akwụkwọ 1 nke "" ("Troika", akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Troy), na-ekwupụta na mgbe a kwụsịrị Ilium, Rhoiteion na Sigeion dị nso kewara ókèala obodo ahụ dara ada n'etiti ha. Rhoiteion bụ otu n'ime obodo ndị Actaean nke Mytilene tụfuru njikwa ya na njedebe nke nnupụisi Mytilenean
n'afọ 427 Tupu Oge Ndị Kraịst. N'oge opupu ihe ubi nke 424 BC, ndị a chụpụrụ na Mytilene weghaara Rhoiteion, mana weghachitere njikwa ya na Athens mgbe a kwụrụ ha ihe mgbapụta nke 2,000 Phokaian staters.