Stryme

The previously excavated area of the ancient settlement Stryme ( ancient Greek Στρύμη , neugr. Strymi ) lies on a narrow peninsula on the Thracian coast. In the settlement area of the Thracian Kikonen , Parian colonialists from Thasos had in the third quarter of the 7th century BC. BC outside the core area of the Thasitic Peraia founded this place. Stryme is east of the Peraia, geographically in the Samothracian Peraia.

The city was discovered by Prof. G. Bakalaki in the late 1950s and identified as Stryme. The excavations by the Greek Antiquities Service, the 19th Ephoria Komotini, under the direction of its director, D. Triantaphyllos, brought the foundation walls of some buildings, tombs, parts of the city wall from the 5th and 4th centuries BC on the peninsula. And an underground aqueduct from the 5th century BC. To days. Hidden in a house wall was a treasure trove of 24 silver Maronite tetradrachms, dated from 410 to 350 BC. Chr.

It is believed that the Stryme branch was not of great importance to Thasos as a trading post. According to previous knowledge, there was also no agriculture worth mentioning. From a report about the Athenian Timomachus , who operated with his triremes between the Crimea and the Aegean, it can be deduced that Stryme had to be supplied with grain and fighters from Thasos. This is also indicated in large numbers of Thasitic amphora stamps.

Very few of the ostraca found point to the end of the 6th or beginning of the 5th century BC. Chr. Most of the older ceramics found around grave monuments date back to 470/60 BC. Dated. In the middle of the third quarter of the 5th century BC BC, shortly before the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War , the dead were honored here. With the end of the war, the city was in turmoil and there was a development in the southern area of the peninsula. In the first half of the 4th century BC The settlers were forced to strengthen their fortifications. Nevertheless, the Maronites took in 361 BC. The city, they left again, around 350 BC. With the help of Philip II.

literature

G. Bakalaki: excavation of Strymi , Thessaloniki 1957 (Γ. Μπακαλάκη: Ανασκαφηή Στρύμης , Θεσσαλόνικη 1957)

Individual evidence

↑ JS Morrison et al. a .: The Athenian Trireme , University Press, Cambridge

Web links

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40.94 25.287222222222Coordinates: 40 ° 56 ′ 24 ″ N , 25 ° 17 ′ 14 ″ E

[1] JS Morrison et al. a .: The Athenian Trireme , University Press, Cambridge