Cleonae (Athos)
40°12′51″N 24°14′01″E / 40.214176°N 24.233651°E Cleonae or Cleonæ or Kleonai (
ancient Chalcidice, on its western coast, south of Thyssus (Thyssos). Thucydides says that among the cities of the peninsula, Sane was colony of Andros, while Thyssus, Cleonae, Acrothoum, Olophyxus and Dium had a heterogeneous population of bilingual barbarians formed by a few Chalcidians and, the rest, Pelasgians, Bisaltians, Crestonians and Edoni.[1][2] Strabo points out that its primitive populated was composed of Pelasgians from Lemnos.[3] According to Strabo, it was colonized by Euboean colonists from Chalcis.[4] Heraclides Lembus also writes that Chalcidians settled there.[5]
It was a member of the Athens during the Peloponnesian War.[6]
It is tentatively identified with a site near
References
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 4.109.
- ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 7.22.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 7.33, 7.35. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 7.33.1. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Heraclides Lembus, On Constitutions, §62
- ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cleonae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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