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Soloi was one of the principal Greek settlements on the Cilician coast, traditionally said to have been founded by Achaeans from Rhodes and Lindos. The city gave the Greek language the word "solecism" — ancient writers claimed its colonists spoke such corrupted Greek that their dialect became synonymous with linguistic error. Whether that reputation was deserved is another matter, but the city's coinage is anything but provincial: its staters rank among the finer silver issues of fifth and fourth century Cilicia, struck at a weight standard consistent with Persian-era regional commerce rather than any mainland Greek norm.