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Maroneia was an ancient port city between Hebros and Mesta , probably the Homeric Ismaros . It extended from the present-day village of Maronia , south of Komotini at the foot of the Rhodope Mountains , to the Aegean coast.
The Homeric Ismaros
Ismaros was already famous for its wine in the Odyssey . Odysseus received from Marron , the Thracian priest-king of Apollo , son of Euanthes and king of the Kikonen , the intoxicating red wine with which he made the Cyclops Polyphemus drunk in order to dazzle him. In Ovid are Hebros and Strymon referred (Thracian =) as fluxes in ismarischen country.
Geography, history, archeology
Maronia is located 30 km southeast of Komotini and is a rural village with traditional houses. It is not far from Lake Ismarida in a charming landscape amid huge archaeological sites that extend all the way to the coast. The ancient city was built on the foothills of the Ismaros Mountains (south of the Rhodope Mountains ) by settlers from the island of Chios in the 7th century BC. Founded. It flourished in the 5th century BC. BC and together with Abdera and Aino it formed the most important trading center of Thrace . There are small caves in the reddish rocks of the area. Slightly salty lakes with lots of fish and birds characterize the landscape. Nearby is the fishing village of Agios Charalambos .
The archaeological site of Maronia covers an area of two kilometers and includes remains of the ancient city walls, a theater, a sanctuary believed to have been dedicated to Dionysus , and mosaic floors of a house from the 3rd century BC. Chr.
Maroneia was the hometown of the ancient Greek philosopher Metrokles , who belonged to the Cynics , and his sister Hipparchia , who was also a philosopher.
literature
- Christo Danoff : Ismaros. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, column 1465.
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Remarks
- ↑ Homer , Odyssey 9, 39ff. and 9, 196ff.
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses . 2.257
Coordinates: 40 ° 54 ' N , 25 ° 31' E