Dicaea or Dikaia ( Ancient Greek: Δικαία or Δίκαια), also called Dikaiopolis ( Ancient Greek: Δικαιόπολις) [1] was a Greek [2] port town on the coast of ancient Thrace on Lake Bistonis, in the country of the Bistones. Stephanus of Byzantium wrote that it took its name from the Dicaeus ( Ancient Greek: Δίκαιος) who was son of Poseidon. [3]
The place appears to have decayed at an early period. [4] [5] [6] [7] In the 19th century, William Hazlitt wrote that its site was that of the later Stabulum Diomedis ('Diomedes's stable'), [8] where Theodoric Strabo died in 481 CE. [9] However, modern scholarship rejects this identification and identifies Stabulum Diomedis with Tirida. [10]
The site of Dicaea is located about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Mese. [10] [11]
See also
References
- ^ Suda Encyclopedia, §del.1067
- ^ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,Index
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §D230.14
- ^ The Histories by Herodotus, Carolyn Dewald, and Robin Waterfield, 2008, p. 442: "... bed of the Lisus, Xerxes passed the Greek towns of Maronea, Dicaea, and Abdera. His route also took him past a ..."; Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 7.109.
- ^ Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, p. 27; Strabo. Geographica. Vol. vii. p. 331. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.18.
- ^ William Hazlitt (1851). The Classical Gazetteer. Vol. p. 135.
- ^ Marcellinus Comes, 481.1.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Dicaea".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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Dicaea or Dikaia ( Ancient Greek: Δικαία or Δίκαια), also called Dikaiopolis ( Ancient Greek: Δικαιόπολις) [1] was a Greek [2] port town on the coast of ancient Thrace on Lake Bistonis, in the country of the Bistones. Stephanus of Byzantium wrote that it took its name from the Dicaeus ( Ancient Greek: Δίκαιος) who was son of Poseidon. [3]
The place appears to have decayed at an early period. [4] [5] [6] [7] In the 19th century, William Hazlitt wrote that its site was that of the later Stabulum Diomedis ('Diomedes's stable'), [8] where Theodoric Strabo died in 481 CE. [9] However, modern scholarship rejects this identification and identifies Stabulum Diomedis with Tirida. [10]
The site of Dicaea is located about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Mese. [10] [11]
See also
References
- ^ Suda Encyclopedia, §del.1067
- ^ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,Index
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §D230.14
- ^ The Histories by Herodotus, Carolyn Dewald, and Robin Waterfield, 2008, p. 442: "... bed of the Lisus, Xerxes passed the Greek towns of Maronea, Dicaea, and Abdera. His route also took him past a ..."; Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 7.109.
- ^ Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, p. 27; Strabo. Geographica. Vol. vii. p. 331. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.18.
- ^ William Hazlitt (1851). The Classical Gazetteer. Vol. p. 135.
- ^ Marcellinus Comes, 481.1.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Dicaea".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
See also
| International | |
|---|---|
| Geographic | |
40°59′34″N 25°09′56″E / 40.99287°N 25.165653°E
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