Mecyberna

Mecyberna

Mecyberna

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Mecyberna or Mekyberna (Ancient Greek: Μηκύβερνα) was a town of Chalcidice, ancient Macedonia, which stood at the head of the Toronaic Gulf, which was also called Sinus Mecybernaeus.[1][2] Mecyberna was the port of Olynthus.[3] and lay between that town and Sermyle.[4]

The town was a member of the Delian League, as its name appears in tribute lists from 454/3 to 433/2 BCE.[5] It was taken from the Athenians by the Chalcidic Thracians (420 BCE),[6] and surrendered to Philip II of Macedon before the siege of Olynthus (349 BCE).[7]

The site of Mecyberna is near the modern Molyvopyrgos.[8][9]

References

  1. [1]
    Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.10.
  2. [2]
    Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. Vol. 2.3.1.
  3. [3]
    Strabo. Geographica. Vol. vii. p.330. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
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    Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 7.122.
  5. [5]
    Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thrace from Axios to Strymon". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 831. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
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    Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 5.39.
  7. [7]
    Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 16.54.
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    Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 50, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  9. [9]
    Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Mecyberna". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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