Thyssus or Thyssos ( grc, Θύσσος) 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 ...
in
ancient Macedon, situated on the west or south side of the peninsula of ''Acte'' or ''Akte'' (Ακτή) peninsula (now
Mount Athos
Mount Athos (; el, Ἄθως, ) is a mountain in the distal part of the eponymous Athos peninsula and site of an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism in northeastern Greece. The mountain along with the respective part of the peni ...
), the easternmost of the three peninsulas forming the
ancient Chalcidice, on its western coast, north of
Cleonae.
Thucydides
Thucydides (; grc, , }; BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His '' History of the Peloponnesian War'' recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of " scient ...
says that among the cities of the aforementioned peninsula,
Sane was colony of
Andros
Andros ( el, Άνδρος, ) is the northernmost island of the Greece, Greek Cyclades archipelago, about southeast of Euboea, and about north of Tinos. It is nearly long, and its greatest breadth is . It is for the most part mountainous, with ...
, while Thyssus, Cleonae,
Acrothoum
Acrothoum or Akrothoon ( grc, Ἀκρόθωον) or Acrothoi or Akrothooi (Ἀκρόθωοι) or Acroathon or Acrothon was a town of Chalcidice in ancient Macedon, situated near the extremity of the ''Acte'' or ''Akte'' (Ακτή) peninsula (now Mo ...
,
Olophyxus and
Dium
Dion ( el, Δίον; grc, Δῖον; la, Dium) is a village and municipal unit in the municipality of Dion-Olympos in the Pieria regional unit, Greece. It is located at the foot of Mount Olympus at a distance of 17 km from the capital ...
had a heterogeneous population of bilingual barbarians formed by a few Chalcidians and, the rest,
Pelasgians
The name Pelasgians ( grc, Πελασγοί, ''Pelasgoí'', singular: Πελασγός, ''Pelasgós'') was used by classical Greek writers to refer either to the predecessors of the Greeks, or to all the inhabitants of Greece before the emergen ...
,
Bisaltians,
Crestonians and
Edoni.
Strabo points out that its primitive populated was composed of Pelasgians from
Lemnos
Lemnos or Limnos ( el, Λήμνος; grc, Λῆμνος) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Lemnos regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean region. The ...
.
Pseudo Scylax writes that it was a Greek city.
It was a member of 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 ...
as it appears on the tribute lists to
Athens
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between the years 454/3 BCE and 429/8 BCE.
Thyssus took the side of the
Lacedaemonian Brasidas
Brasidas ( el, Βρασίδας, died 422 BC) was the most distinguished Spartan officer during the first decade of the Peloponnesian War who fought in battle of Amphipolis and Pylos. He died during the Second Battle of Amphipolis while winning ...
during his actions in the Chalcidice in 424-423 BCE. In 421 BCE, Thyssus, then an ally of Athens, was occupied by Dium.
It is located near
Skala Zographou
Skala may refer to:
Places Greece
* Skala, Patmos, the main port on the island of Patmos in Greece
* Skala, Laconia, a municipality in southern Greece
* Skala, Xanthi, a settlement in north-eastern Greece
* Skala, Cephalonia, a resort in the Io ...
.
References
Populated places in ancient Macedonia
Ancient Athos
Former populated places in Greece
Members of the Delian League
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