Stryme

Stryme (Ancient Greek: Στρύμη) was an ancient Greek[1] city on the south coast of ancient Thrace, a little to the west of Mesembria, between which and Stryme flowed the small river Lissus, which the army of Xerxes I is said to have drunk dry.[2] It was founded by colonists from Thasos; but disputes seem to have arisen respecting it between the Thasii and the people of the neighbouring city of Maroneia.[3] In some sources, Stryme is called a Thasian polis bordering on Mesambria, but the account Herodotos provides is contradictory. Stryme was located in the Briantike, a region belonging to the Thracian Kikones.

The location of the site is disputed; but many scholars locate it on the Molyvoti Peninsula near Cape Molyvote about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of Komotini.[4][5] This site is currently being investigated by a synergasia between the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, represented by Princeton University, and the 19th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities (Komotini).

See also

References
  1. Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thrace from Nestos to Hebros". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 880. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  2. Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 7.108.
  3. Philip. ap. Demos. p. 163, R.
  4. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51, and directory notes accompanying.
  5. 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). "Stryme". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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