Campsa or Kampsa ( Ancient Greek: Κάμψα) was an ancient Greek polis (city-state) in the Chalcidice, ancient Macedonia. It is cited by Herodotus as one of the cities - together with Lipaxus, Combreia, Lisaea, Gigonus, Smila, Aeneia - located in the vicinity of the Thermaic Gulf, in a region called Crusis near the peninsula of Pallene where Xerxes recruited troops in his expedition of the year 480 BCE against Greece. [1]
Other names borne by the city were Scapsa or Skapsa (Σκάψα), under which name it appears on Athenian tribute lists from 452/1 BCE, [2] and Capsa or Kapsa (Κάψα). [3] The city was a member of the Chalcidian League. [2]
Its site is unlocated, [3] but is sometimes considered to be near the silver mines 12 miles E-S-E of Thessaloniki. [4] [5]
Campsa or Kampsa ( Ancient Greek: Κάμψα) was an ancient Greek polis (city-state) in the Chalcidice, ancient Macedonia. It is cited by Herodotus as one of the cities - together with Lipaxus, Combreia, Lisaea, Gigonus, Smila, Aeneia - located in the vicinity of the Thermaic Gulf, in a region called Crusis near the peninsula of Pallene where Xerxes recruited troops in his expedition of the year 480 BCE against Greece. [1]
Other names borne by the city were Scapsa or Skapsa (Σκάψα), under which name it appears on Athenian tribute lists from 452/1 BCE, [2] and Capsa or Kapsa (Κάψα). [3] The city was a member of the Chalcidian League. [2]
Its site is unlocated, [3] but is sometimes considered to be near the silver mines 12 miles E-S-E of Thessaloniki. [4] [5]