Agora (Thrace)

Agora (Ancient Greek: Ἀγορά), also called Cherronesos or Chersonesos[1][2] (Ancient Greek: Χερρόνησος, Χερσόνησος; IPA(key): /kʰer.ró.nɛː.sos/, /kʰer.só.nɛː.sos/), was an ancient Greek town in Thrace. It was 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.[3]

It was a colony of Athens, founded between 561 and 556 BCE,[4] and a member of the Delian League.[5] It is known for its series of tyrants in antiquity. Xerxes, when invading Greece in 480 BCE, passed through it.[6]

Its site is tentatively located near modern Bolayır, Turkey.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Hansen, Mogens Herman; Nielsen, Thomas Heine. An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 905. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  4. ^ Tsetskhladze, Gocha R. (2006). Greek Colonisation. An account of Greek Colonies and Other Settlements Overseas. Vol. 1. Leiden, Boston: Brill. pp. lxviii (Table 6). ISBN 978-90-04-12204-8.
  5. ^ Athenian Tribute Lists
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