Myrcinus, also spelled Myrkinos, was an ancient Greek city in Macedonian Thrace, in the region of Edonis between the Strymon and Nestos rivers, founded as a polis by colonists from Miletus in 497 BCE under Histiaios. Its site offered abundant timber for shipbuilding and nearby silver mines, and it later fell to the Edoni before surrendering to the Spartan general Brasidas in 422 BCE; during the Byzantine period it was known as Doxompos.
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It was within the territory of the Edonians, a Thracian tribe, and was founded as a polis by colonists from Miletus in 497 BCE. The colonists were led by Histiaios (already a Tyrant of Miletus), whom Darius had allowed to build a city in reward for his help.
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P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 40.901252, longitude 23.819776
Wikidata: Myrcinus
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