Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Tsime rekutanga kutaura Rhoiteion ndeyezana ramakore rechishanu BC munyori wenhoroondo Herodotus uyo anozvitaura seimwe yemaguta Xerxes anofamba achipfuura neuto rePezhiya munzira yake kuenda kuGreece muna 480 BC. Munguva yakafanana apo Herodotus akanga achinyora, munyori wezviratidzo weMytilenean Hellanicus akataura nezvenhoroondo yaRhoiteion muBhuku 1 re "" ("Troika", nhoroondo yeTroy), achitaura kuti mushure mekupambwa kweIlium, Rhoiteion neSigeion yaiva pedyo vakanga vagovera nzvimbo yeguta rakanga rawa pakati pavo. Rhoiteion raiva rimwe remaguta eActaean ayo Mytilene akarasikirwa nekutonga mushure mekuguma kwekumukira kweMytilenean
muna 427 BC. Muchirimo cha 424 BC, vakadzingwa kubva kuMytilene vakatora Rhoiteion, asi vakadzorera kutonga kwayo kuAtene pavakabhadharwa rudzikinuro rwe2,000 Phokaian staters.