Sidussa

Sidussa

Sidussa

Greek colony in ancient Ionia

Sidussa (Ancient Greek: Σίδουσσα or Σιδούσση) was a small town of Ionia, belonging to the territory of Erythrae, noted by Thucydides as a strong place, like Pteleum.[1] Pliny the Elder describes it as an island off the coast of Erythrae.[2] It is probable that the place also bore the name of Sidus (Σιδοῦς), as Stephanus of Byzantium mentions a town of this name in the territory of Erythrae.[3]

Sidussa was a member of the Delian League since it is mentioned in tribute records to Athens at least between the years 450/49 and 430/29 BCE.[4]

Thucydides places it in the territory of Erythrae and says that, like Pteleum it was a fortified place that was used by the Athenian army under the command of Leon and Diomedon to attack positions on Chios in the year 412 BCE.[1]

Sidussa's location is tentatively accepted as at Büyük Ada, İzmir Province, Turkey.[5][6]

References

  1. [1]
    Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 8.24.
  2. [2]
    Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.38.
  3. [3]
    Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Σιδοῦς.
  4. [4]
    Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Ionia". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1098–1099. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  5. [5]
    Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  6. [6]
    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). "Sidussa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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