 The Colophonian conquest is mentioned by Mimnermus (before 600 BC), who counts himself equally of Colophon and of Smyrna.The Aeolic form of the name was retained even in the Attic dialect, and the epithet "Aeolian Smyrna" remained current long after the conquest.Smyrna was located at the mouth of the small river Hermus and at the head of a deep arm of the sea ("Smyrnaeus Sinus") that reached far inland.