Ion von Chios (ca. 490-422 v.u.Z.) gemäß Zenobios, Proverbia:

Ion von Chios war ein Tragiker, lyrischer Poet und Philosoph. Nach verschiedenen Angaben soll er zwischen 12 und 40 Tragödien verfaßt haben.

Αἰγιέες οὔτε τρίτοι οὔτε τέταρτοι. – Aegians neither third nor fourth.

Mnaseas of Patrae (1), explaining the meaning of the expression, says that the men of Aegium in Achaea defeated the Aetolians and then asked the priestess at Delphi who were the best of the Greeks, and she said, “But you Aegians are neither third nor fourth.” That the oracle was given to them and not to the Megarians (2) is shown by Ion’s mention of it in his encomium for Scythiades.

(Greek Lyric IV. Ed. by David A. Campbell. Cambridge (Mass.) / London 1992, pp. 356 sq.)

(1) Geograph und Sammler von Orakelsprüchen, ca. 2. Jhdt. v.u.Z.
(2) so bei Theokrit und Kallimachos