Heraeum (Thrace)
Heraeum or Heraion (
Propontis, a little to the east of Bisanthe.[2][3] The city was a Samian colony[4][5] and founded around 600 BC.[4]
In some of the Itineraries, the place is called Hiereum or Ereon.
Harpokration, Stephanus of Byzantium and Suda
mention the city.
In 352 BCE
triremes and to levy sixty talents in order to help the city, but the fleet never set sail. Only later a much smaller fleet of ten ships and money of five talents were sent.[6]
Its site is near Aytepe, in Turkey.[7][8]
See also
References
- ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 4.90.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Ἡραῖον.
- ^ a b Suda, § eta.489
- ^ Harpokration, Lexicon of the Ten Orators, h15
- ^ Demosthenes and His Time: A Study in Defeat, p.124
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ 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). "Heraeum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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