Proconnesus or Prokonnesos ( Ancient Greek: Προκόννησος), also spelt Proeconesus or Proikonnesos (Προικόνησος), [1] was a Greek town on the southwestern shore of Proconnesus island. Aristeas, the poet of the Arimaspeia, was a native. [2] [3] This town, which was a colony of the Milesians, [4] was burnt by a Phoenician fleet, acting under the orders of Persian king Darius I. [5] Strabo distinguishes between old and new Proconnesus. The inhabitants of Cyzicus, at a time which we cannot ascertain, forced the Proconnesians to dwell together with them, and transferred the statue of the goddess Dindymene to their own city. [6]
Under Diocletian's edict against Manichaeism, De Maleficiis et Manichaeis, offenders were sent to labor in the mines at Proconnesus. [7]
Its site is located near the town of Marmara on Marmara Island, Balıkesir Province, Turkey. [8] [9]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Proconnesus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
Proconnesus or Prokonnesos ( Ancient Greek: Προκόννησος), also spelt Proeconesus or Proikonnesos (Προικόνησος), [1] was a Greek town on the southwestern shore of Proconnesus island. Aristeas, the poet of the Arimaspeia, was a native. [2] [3] This town, which was a colony of the Milesians, [4] was burnt by a Phoenician fleet, acting under the orders of Persian king Darius I. [5] Strabo distinguishes between old and new Proconnesus. The inhabitants of Cyzicus, at a time which we cannot ascertain, forced the Proconnesians to dwell together with them, and transferred the statue of the goddess Dindymene to their own city. [6]
Under Diocletian's edict against Manichaeism, De Maleficiis et Manichaeis, offenders were sent to labor in the mines at Proconnesus. [7]
Its site is located near the town of Marmara on Marmara Island, Balıkesir Province, Turkey. [8] [9]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Proconnesus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.