Cytinium

Coordinates: 38°42′50″N 22°29′19″E / 38.71402°N 22.48871°E / 38.71402; 22.48871
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38°42′50″N 22°29′19″E / 38.71402°N 22.48871°E / 38.71402; 22.48871 Cytinium or Kytinion (

tetrapolis of Doris.[3] Its site is within the bounds of the modern village of Palaiochori [el
].

Cytinium was more frequently mentioned in history than the other towns of the Tetrapolis owing to its situation, which rendered it a place of great military importance.

Spartan general, shortly after the failure of the expedition of Demosthenes, was about to march from Delphi against Naupactus, he deposited at Cytinium the hostages he had received from the Locrians.[8] Philip II of Macedon seized it in the course of his invasion of Greece in 339 BCE.[9]

The site of Cytinium (Kytinion) lies at a site called Agios Georgios within the bounds of modern day Palaiochori [el].[10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.15.15.
  2. ISBN 0-19-814099-1
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  3. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. sub voce Κύτινα.
  4. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.427, x. p. 476. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  5. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.7.13.
  6. ^ Public Domain Smith, William, ed. (1854). "Cytinium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 1. London: John Murray. p. 739.
  7. ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 3.95.
  8. ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 3.101-102.
  9. ISBN 0520031776
    ), p. 489.
  10. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  11. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9
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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cytinium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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