Myrcinus
Myrcinus or Myrkinos (Template:Langx[1] or Μύρκιννος[2]) was an ancient Greek city located in Macedonian Thrace, in the region of Edonis between the Strymon and the Nestos Rivers,[3] on the left bank of the Strymon. It was within the territory of the Edonians, a Thracian tribe,[4] and was founded as a polis by colonists from Miletus in 497 BCE.[5] The colonists were led by Histiaios[6] (already a Tyrant of Miletus), whom Darius had allowed to build a city in reward for his help. Its site offered great advantages to settlers, as it contained an abundant supply of timber for shipbuilding, as well as silver mines.[7] Aristagoras retired to this place, and, soon after landing, perished before some Thracian town which he was besieging.[8][9] Afterwards, it had fallen into the hands of the Edoni; but on the murder of Pittacus, chief of that people, it surrendered to Brasidas[10] after he captured Amphipolis, Oesyme and Galepsus in 422 BCE.[11] During the Byzantine Empire it was known as Doxompos (Script error: No such module "Lang".) or Doxompus (Script error: No such module "Lang".).
Its site is near the modern village renamed Myrkinos in honour of the ancient town.[12][13]
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- ↑ von Bredow, Iris (Bietigheim-Bissingen), “Myrcinus”, in: Brill's New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 20 March 2018 <https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e814320>
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