Zone (colony)
Zone (
ancient Thrace on a promontory of the same name, a short distance to the west of the entrance of the Lacus Stentoris.[1][2][3]
According to Apollonius of Rhodes and Mela, it was to this place that the woods followed Orpheus, when set in motion by his wondrous music.[2][4]
Athenian decree of the year 422/1 BCE.[5]
Although it was thought that its location was in the modern town of
Mesembria. These findings include, among others, a sanctuary of Apollo of the Archaic Period and numerous coins, in which the head of Apollo is represented and the allusion to the name of the city in the forms ΖΩΝΑΙΩΝ, ΖΩΝΑΙ , ΖΩΝ or ΖΩ.[10]
Gallery
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Alexander the GreatMessembriaMint, c. 175-125 BC -
Bathymetry map of the Aegean Sea
See also
References
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.11.18.
- ^ a b Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. Vol. 2.2.8.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ Schol. Apoll. Rhod. 1.29.
- ^ ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 7.59.
- ^ Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, 67.
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Zone". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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