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ΠΕΡΙΝΘΟΣ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ
Perinthus (he Perinthos, Ptol. iii. 11. § 6, viii. 11. § 7; Xenoph.
Anab. vii. 2. § 8: Eth. Perinthios), a great and flourishing town of Thrace, situated
on the Propontis. It lay 22 miles W. of Selymbria, on a small peninsula (Plin.
iv. 18) of the bay which bears its name, and was built like an amphitheatre, on
the declivity of a hill (Diod. xvi. 76.) It was originally a Samian colony (Marcian,
p. 29; Plut. Qu. Gr. 56), and, according to Syncellus (p. 238), was founded about
B.C. 599. Panofka, however (p. 22), makes it contemporary with Samothrace, that
is about B.C. 1000. It was particularly renowned for its obstinate defence against
Philip of Macedon (Diod. xvi. 74-77; Plut. Phoc. 14). At that time it appears
to have been a more important and flourishing town even than Byzantium; and being
both a harbour and a point at which several main roads met, it was the seat of
an extensive commerce (Procop. de Aed. iv. 9). This circumstance explains the
reason why so many of its coins are still extant; from which we learn that large
and celebrated festivals were held here (Mionnet, i. p. 399-415; Eckhel, Doctr.
Num. vol. iv. p. 445; Morell. Spec. Rei Num, tab. xiii. 143). According to Tzetzes
(Chil. iii. 812), it bore at an early period the name of Mygdonia and at a later
one, but not before the fourth century of our era, it assumed the name of Heracleia;
which we find sometimes used alone, and sometimes with the additions H. Thraciae
and H. Perinthus. (Procop. l. c. and B. Vand. i. 12; Zosim. i. 62; Justin, xvi.
3 ; Eutrop. ix. 15; Amm. Marc. xxii. 2;. Itin. Ant. pp. 175, 176, 323; Jorn. de
Regn. Succ. p. 51, &c. On the variations in its name, see Tzschucke, ad Melam,
ii. 2, vol. iii. pt. ii. p. 102, seq.) Justinian restored the old imperial palace,
and the aqueducts of the city. (Procop. l. c.) It is now called Eski Eregli, and
still contains some ancient ruins and inscriptions.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited August 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
An important town of Thrace on the Propontis, founded by the Samians about B.C. 559, and situated twenty-two miles west of Selymbria on a small peninsula. At a later time it was called Heraclea, and sometimes Heraclea Thraciae or Heraclea Perinthus.
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