Agora (Thrace)
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Agora (Ancient Greek: Ἀγορά) was an ancient town situated about the middle of the narrow neck of the Thracian Chersonese (called today Gallipoli peninsula), and not far from Cardia, in what is now European Turkey. Xerxes, when invading Greece in 480 BCE, passed through it.[1] It was a member of the Delian League.[2]
Its site is tentatively located near modern Bolayır, Turkey.[3][4]
References
- ^ Herodotus, The Histories, vii. 58; Stephanus of Byzantium, Etnica, s.v. "Agora"; Pseudo-Scylax, Periplus, 67 (PDF)
- ^ Athenian Tribute Lists
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
Sources
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, "Agora", London, (1854)
40°30′49″N 26°47′11″E / 40.513545°N 26.786353°E / 40.513545; 26.786353
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