Pilorus

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Pilorus or Piloros (Ancient Greek: Πίλωρος) was a town of Sithonia in the Chalcidice in ancient Macedonia, upon the Singitic Gulf between Sane and Singus. It is cited by Herodotus as one of the cities, along with Assa, Singus, and Sarta, located near Mount Athos which Xerxes had ordered to open a channel through which his fleet passed. From these cities he recruited troops, in his expedition of the year 480 BCE against Greece.[1] It belonged to the Delian League since it appears in the tribute registry of Athens in 434/3 BCE.[2]

Its site is located near modern Pyrgadikia.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 7.122.
  2. ^ 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. 837. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  3. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  4. ^ 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). "Pilorus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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