Cithas or Kithas ( grc, Κίθας) was a town of

Chalcidice Chalkidiki (; el, Χαλκιδική , also spelled Halkidiki, is a peninsula and regional units of Greece, regional unit of Greece, part of the region of Central Macedonia, in the Geographic regions of Greece, geographic region of Macedonia (Gr ...

ancient Macedonia Macedonia (; grc-gre, Μακεδονία), also called Macedon (), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled ...

. It belonged to the

Delian League The Delian League, founded in 478 BC, was an association of Greek city-states, numbering between 150 and 330, under the leadership of Athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the Persian Empire after the Greek victory in the Battle of Pl ...

since it appears in the tribute registry of

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh List ...

for the year 434/3 BCE, where it paid a '' phoros'' of 3000 drachmas jointly with the cities of

Tinde Tinde ( grc, Τίνδη), also known as Tindium or Tindion (Τίνδιον), was a town of Chalcidice in ancient Macedonia. It belonged to the Delian League since it appears in the tribute registry of Athens for the year 434/3 BCE, where it pa ...

Gigonus Gigonus or Gigonos ( grc, Γίγωνος) 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, Campsa, Smila, Aeneia—located in ...

Smila Smila ( uk, Сміла ) is a city located on Dnieper Upland near the Tyasmyn River, in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Smila urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Climate Climate in the ci ...

and

Lisaea Lisaea or Lisaia ( grc, Λίσαια), also Lisae or Lisai ( grc, Λίσαι), 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, Gigon ...

. The location of its site is disputed: the editors of the ''

Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World The ''Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World'' is a large-format English language atlas of ancient Europe, Asia, and North Africa, edited by Richard J. A. Talbert. The time period depicted is roughly from archaic Greek civilization (pre- ...

'' treat Cithas as located at the site of

Cissus ''Cissus'' is a genus of approximately 350 species of lianas ( woody vines) in the grape family (Vitaceae). They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics. Uses Medicinal '' Cissus quadrangularis'' ha ...

; whereas, Mogens Herman Hansen and his colleagues treat Cithas as unlocated. Accepting the identification, its site is located in the western Chalcidice.

References

Populated places in ancient Macedonia Former populated places in Greece Geography of ancient Chalcidice Members of the Delian League {{ancientMacedonia-geo-stub