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Mesambria (insect)
Mesembria, modern Nesebar, is an ancient Greek city in Thrace, on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria. Mesembria or Messembria or Mesambria may also refer to: *Mesembria (Zone), the ancient Greek polis of Zone, on the Aegean coast of Western Thrace, Greece, whose archaeological remains were formerly identified as "Mesembria" *Mesambria (Aegean Sea) Mesambria (), or Mesembria (Μεσημβρία), was an ancient Greek city located in ancient Thrace, on the coast of the Aegean Sea. According to Herodotus, it was a bastion that had been founded by Samothrace, was a neighbor of the city of Str ..., another ancient Greek settlement on the Aegean coast of Western Thrace (exact location unknown) * Mesimvria, Evros, a modern Greek village near Mesembria–Zone. {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesembria
Mesembria (; ) was an important Greek city in ancient Thrace. It was situated on the coast of the Euxine and at the foot of Mount Haemus; consequently upon the confines of Moesia, in which it is placed by Ptolemy. Strabo relates that it was a colony of Dorians from Megara, and that it was originally called Menebria (Μενεβρία) after its founder Menas; Stephanus of Byzantium says that its original name was Melsembria (Μελσημβρία), from its founder Melsas; and both writers state that the termination -bria was the Thracian word for town. According to the Anonymous Periplus of the Euxine Sea, Mesembria was founded by Chalcedonians at the time of the expedition of Darius I against Scythia; but according to Herodotus it was founded a little later, after the suppression of the Ionic Revolt, by fugitives from Byzantium and Chalcedon. These statements may, however, be reconciled by supposing that the Thracian town was originally colonized by Megarians, and afterward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesembria (Zone)
Zone () was an ancient Greek ''polis'' on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of ancient Thrace on a promontory of the same name, a short distance to the west of the entrance of the Lacus Stentoris. According to Apollonius of Rhodes and Pomponius Mela, Mela, it was to this place that the woods followed Orpheus, when set in motion by his wondrous music. Herodotus says that it was – together with Sale (Thrace), Sale - one of the cities near the promontory or Serreion, currently named Cape Makri, on whose beaches the ships of the Achaemenid army, Persian army of Xerxes I, Xerxes landed so that their crews could rest at Doriscus, and Xerxes proceeded to count his army at the beginning of the expedition of the year 480 BCE against Greece. In the ''Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax'', Zone and Drys (Thrace), Drys are mentioned as neighboring cities of Maroneia, Dicaea (Thrace), Diceaa, and Abdera (Thrace), Abdera but located in the interior, although Zone was close to the island of Samothrace. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesambria (Aegean Sea)
Mesambria (), or Mesembria (Μεσημβρία), was an ancient Greek city located in ancient Thrace, on the coast of the Aegean Sea. According to Herodotus, it was a bastion that had been founded by Samothrace, was a neighbor of the city of Stryme (city), Stryme and in the middle of the two ran the Lissus River. The Achaemenid army, army of Xerxes I, Xerxes passed Mesambria during the expedition against Greece in 480 BCE. Its site is tentatively located near Shabla-Dere, west of Alexandroupolis; but it has been suggested that Mesambria could be identified with Drys (Thrace), Drys, or with Orthagoria, or with Zone (Thrace), Zone. See also *List_of_ancient_cities_in_Thrace_and_Dacia#Greek, Greek colonies in Thrace References External links * Populated places in ancient Thrace Former populated places in Greece Greek colonies in Thrace Ancient Samothrace {{AncientThrace-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
