Thyssus
40°17′17″N 24°09′31″E / 40.288017°N 24.158674°E Thyssus or Thyssos (
ancient Chalcidice, on its western coast, north of Cleonae. Thucydides says that among the cities of the aforementioned 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] Pseudo Scylax writes that it was a Greek city.[4]
It was a member of the
Lacedaemonian Brasidas during his actions in the Chalcidice in 424-423 BCE.[6] In 421 BCE, Thyssus, then an ally of Athens, was occupied by Dium.[7]
It is located near Skala Zographou.[8][9]
References
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 4.109, 5.35.
- ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 7.22.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 7.33, 7.35. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Pseudo Scylax, Periplous, §66
- ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 4.109.
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 5.35.
- ^ 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). "Thyssus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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