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MIEZA (Ancient city) NAOUSSA
Eth. Miezaios, Miezeus. A Macedonian city, the position of which it
is most difficult to ascertain. Stephanus of Byzantium (s. v.), on the authority
of Theagenes, assigns to an eponymous founder, Mieza, a sister of Beroea, and
granddaughter of Macedon: this legend implies that it was an important city. From
the name it would seem most natural to look for it in the neighbourhood of Beroea,
which agrees with Ptolemy (iii. 13. § 39), who classes it among the cities of
Emathia. Stephanus, on the other hand, still deriving his information apparently
from Theagenes, alludes to it as a topos Strumonos, and adds that it was sometimes
called Strymonium. Alexander the Great established an Aristotelian school at Mieza
(Plut. Alex. M. 7); and it was famed for a stalactitic cavern. (Plin. xxxi. 2.
s. 20; Leake, North. Greece, vol. iv. p. 583.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
VERMIO (Mountain) MAKEDONIA CENTRAL
Bermius Mons (to Bermion oros: Verria), a range of mountains in Macedonia,
between the Haliacmon and Ludias, at the foot of which stood the city of Beroea.
Herodotus relates that this mountain was impassable on account of the cold, and
that beyond it were the gardens of Midas, in which the roses grew spontaneously.
(Herod. viii. 138; Strab. vii. p. 330.) The Bermius is the same as the Bora of
Livy (xlv. 29), and is a continuation of Mount Barnus. (Muller, Dorians, vol.
i. p. 469, transl.; Leake, Northern Greece, vol.iii. p. 295.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited July 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
AGIOS NIKOLAOS (Village) NAOUSSA
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VERMIO (Mountain) MAKEDONIA CENTRAL
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LEFKADIA (Village) NAOUSSA
Village about 18 km N of Verroia, near Naoussa. Between the town of
Naoussa and the villages of Kopanos and Lefkadia stretch the ruins of a town previously
thought to have been Citium, referred to once in Livy (42.51), but lately attributed
with great probability to Mieza. This town, the cave with stalactites near it,
and the nymphaion (in which was located Aristotle's school, where he taught Alexander
and his fellow students from 343/342 B.C.) are referred to by Stephanos Byzantios
(q.v. Mieza; see also Veres and Verroia), by Ptolemy (3.13.39), by Plutarch (Alex.
7), by Pliny (HN 31.30 & 4.34), and others. In a Delphic catalogue of city ambassadors,
dated 190 to 180 B.C., Mieza is mentioned between Verroia and Edessa. From Arrian
we learn about the Miezan trierarch Peukestas and his brother Amyntas, son of
Alexander.
The ancient remains of the region are mostly artificially constructed
tombs of the Hellenistic period, the socalled Macedonian type, some carved out
of the rock in the shape of a chamber, and others simpler. They have been known
only partially for many years. Among the sculpture found in the area, a Roman
marble bust of the mythical hero Olganos is most valuable. Of the inscriptions,
the most important is one recording deeds of purchase and sale of property, dating
from the second half of the 3d c. B.C. Ruins of buildings, houses and villas with
mosaic floors, a Christian basilica, a bathhouse, workshops, etc. were found and
partly excavated in the areas of Tsifliki and Baltaneno in the early 1960s. They
belong to the Roman and Early Christian periods.
Ruins of the Classical and Hellenistic periods, more or less contemporary
with the above-mentioned Macedonian tombs, were uncovered from 1966 on in the
area of Kefalobryso, where there are gushing springs, between Naoussa and Kopanos.
But the most important of the known monuments of the region remain the Macedonian
tombs, subterranean, vaulted, and tumulus-type monuments. One of these, long known
and excavated during the Turkish occupation, is dated in the 3d c. B.C., and is
best known for its fresco representing a Macedonian on horseback spearing a barbarian
on foot.
Another Macedonian tomb was excavated in 1942. Its importance is also
based on the painted decoration of the interior and on the inscriptions, from
which we learn the names of three dead brothers (Evippos, Lyson, Kallikles), sons
of Aristophanes, of their wives, and even of the descendants of Lyson and Kallikles
down to the third generation. This tomb is dated ca. 200 B.C.
The third and most important of the great Macedonian tombs was discovered
by chance ca. 1954. It is the largest and, as a monument of architecture, painting,
and sculpture, the most important of all the Macedonian monuments in existence.
The construction materials are poros stone and mortar. The tomb has a two-story
facade with pediment which conceals a high, wide prothalamos and smaller death
chamber, both arched. The height and width of the facade is ca. 8.65 m. It is
about the same as the total length of the two chambers combined. The facade below
has four engaged half-columns of Doric style between pilasters on either side
and a simple wide entrance opening in the center. The Doric entablature ends in
a cornice with a sima. The metopes have a painted representation of centaur battles.
On the second level six engaged half-columns stand on a continuous base, also
between pilasters. They support an Ionic entablature with cornice. Between the
columns and the pilasters seven representations of windows are carved in relief.
Only portions of the pediment have been preserved, but it is possible to restore
it by reconstructlon. Additional importance is given to this architectural monument
by the painted and written ornamentation of the architectural details (triglyphs,
cornices, moldings, simas, etc.).
The movable finds of the region are kept in the Museums of Thessalonika
and Verroia.
PH. M. Petsas, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
MIEZA (Ancient city) NAOUSSA
A city known mainly from Steph. Byz., Ptolemy, Plutarch, and Pliny,
and by others. In these sources and in the catalogue of the Delphic Theorodokoi
(receptionists for the envoys sent to consult the oracle), it is located between
Beroia and Edessa. Lately, noteworthy remains near Lefkadia in the district of
Naoussa have been assigned to Mieza. Especially important was the nymphaion near
Mieza where Philip established the school in which Aristotle taught Alexander
and his fellow pupils for three years, beginning in 343-342 B.C. Plutarch is the
chief source for this (Alex. 7): Philip set up a school and residence for Aristotle
and Alexander around the Nymphaion of Mieza, where to this day the stone chairs
of Aristotle are pointed out, and his covered peripatos. Near the nymphaion must
have been the caves with stalactites which Pliny (HN 31.30) mentions: water dripping
in caves hardens into stone--called Corycideum--at Mieza in Macedonia this hangs
even in the rooms themselves.
Since 1966 remains have been uncovered between Naoussa and Kopanos
which are attributed to the nymphaion, near one of the numerous gushing springs
in the area. For a distance of hundreds of meters, along a rock face that is sometimes
10 m high, there are remarkable stone-cuttings: caves with artificial entrances,
passage ways, niches, arrangements of steps which result in part from quarrying
on site for building material, and remains of stoas. Noteworthy among the small
finds are various architectural fragments, terracotta simas painted with floral
motifs, and the heads of gorgons and lions, etc. These mainly date to the 4th
c. B.C. The excavations are continuing. The small finds are housed in the Veroia
Museum.
PH. M. Petsas, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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