Crobyle or Krobyle () was a

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town in

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, probably located in the region of the

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. In 340 BCE, Crobyle was taken by the Athenian general

Diopeithes Diopeithes (Greek: Διοπείθης; lived during the 4th century BC) was an Athenian general, probably father of the poet Menander, who was sent out to the Thracian Chersonese about 343 BC, at the head of a body of Athenian settlers or cleruch ...

, who enslaved its inhabitants along with those of Tiristasis.

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On the Chersonese "On the Chersonese" is a political oration delivered by the Athenian statesman and orator Demosthenes in 341 BC. A short time later Demosthenes delivered one of his most famous speeches, the Third Philippic. Historical background In 343 BC, the Ma ...

'' 6; 12, ''Epistola Philippi'', 3, 15 Despite unconvincing attempts to identify Crobyle with Cobrys, its site has not been located.

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