Dicaea or Dikaia (), also called Dikaiopolis () was a Greek port town on the coast of
ancient Thrace
The Thracians (; ; ) were an Indo-European languages, Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Southeast Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied the area that today is shared betwee ...
on
Lake Bistonis
Lake Vistonida (, older form: Βιστωνίς) is a lake in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Fed by the Kompsatos river, it encompasses a unique ecosystem and the local climate can be described as mid-Mediterranean. It hosts a variety of fau ...
, in the country of the
Bistones
Bistones () is the name of a Thracian people who dwelt between Mount Rhodopé and the Aegean Sea, beside Lake Bistonis, near Abdera extending westward as far as the river Nestus. It was through the land of the Bistones that Xerxes marched on h ...
.
Stephanus of Byzantium
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wrote that it took its name from the
Dicaeus () who was son of
Poseidon
Poseidon (; ) is one of the twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.Burkert 1985pp. 136–139 He was the protector of seafarers and the guardian of many Hellenic cit ...
.
The place appears to have decayed at an early period. In the 19th century,
William Hazlitt
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wrote that its site was that of the later
Stabulum Diomedis ('Diomedes's stable'), where
Theodoric Strabo died in 481 CE. However, modern scholarship rejects this identification and identifies Stabulum Diomedis with
Tirida.
[
The site of Dicaea is located about west of Mese.]
See also
*List of ancient Greek cities
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Many colonies outside Greece were soon assimilated to some other language but a city is included h ...
References
See also
*Greek colonies in Thrace
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Populated places in ancient Thrace
Former populated places in Greece
Greek colonies in Thrace
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