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Methone (Macedonia)

Southern Europe

Methone, also called Thracian or Macedonian Methone to distinguish it from numerous other ancient towns of the same name, was a city-state in ancient Greece near Pydna and the modern village of Nea Agathoupolis in Pieria. According to Plutarch it was founded as a Greek colony in 733 or 732 BC, and it gained particular importance from the discovery of labeled pottery and potsherds, among the oldest surviving evidence of Greek writing and an important site in the history of Pieria.

Facts
Founding Year
733 BCE to 701 BCE 1
Founding Year
750 BCE to 732 BCE 1
Latitude
40.429167 degrees north 2
Longitude
22.583889 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 5
Sources
1. Methone (Macedonia) (Wikipedia)
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    According to Plutarch, Methone was founded as a Greek colony in the year 733/732 BC.
  • Lead section
    According to Plutarch, Methone was founded as a Greek colony in the year 733/732 BC. Methone gained special importance by the finding of labeled pottery and potsherds.
  • History section
    Methone was founded in the second half of the 8th century BC of Eretrian settlers, who were previously evicted by Corinthian colonists from the island Corfu.
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Methone (Macedonia) (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
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latitude 40.429167, longitude 22.583889
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3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 40.4292,22.5839
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
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"elevation": 102.0
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.25, 22.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.25, 22.75
40.25 22.75 Cfa
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5. GeoNames: Palaió Eleftherochóri - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 734817, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.14 km)
Quote, cities500 record 734817, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.14 km)
40.43711 22.5753 P PPL GR ESYE12 16 9048 686 141 Europe/Athens
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