Crithote (Thrace)
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Ancient Greek city located in Thrace
Crithote or Krithote (
It is cited in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax among the cities of the Thracian Chersonesos: Aegospotami, Cressa, Crithote, and Pactya.[4]At the time of
Cissa.[6]
Hellespont. Wherefore, the year 365 BCE, it was conquered, along with Sestos, by the Athenians under the command of Timotheus.[7]
Bronze coins minted by Crithote are preserved, dated between 350 BCE and 281 BCE, with the inscriptions ΚΡΙ, ΚΡΙΘΟ o ΚΡΙΘΟΥΣΙΩΝ.[1]
Its site is located 2 miles (3 km) east of Gelibolu, in Çanakkale Province, Turkey.[8][9]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- )
- ^ Suda, kappa, 2417
- ^ Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, p. 67.
- ^ Strabo VII, fragment 55.
- ^ Pliny the Elder, Natural History, IV, 18.
- ^ Isocrates XV, 108; XV, 112.
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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