Mecyberna

Mecyberna or Mekyberna (Ancient Greek: Μηκύβερνα) was a town of Chalcidice, ancient Macedonia, which stood at the head of the Toronaic Gulf, which was also called Sinus Mecybernaeus.^[1]^[2] Mecyberna was the port of Olynthus.^[3] and lay between that town and Sermyle.^[4]

The town was a member of the Delian League, as its name appears in tribute lists from 454/3 to 433/2 BCE.^[5] It was taken from the Athenians by the Chalcidic Thracians (420 BCE),^[6] and surrendered to Philip II of Macedon before the siege of Olynthus (349 BCE).^[7]

The site of Mecyberna is near the modern Molyvopyrgos.^[8]^[9]

References

^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.10.
^ Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. Vol. 2.3.1.
^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. vii. p.330. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 7.122.
^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thrace from Axios to Strymon". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 831. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 5.39.
^ Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 16.54.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 50, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Mecyberna". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.