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IAMBOLI (Settlement) KOMOTINI
Dampolis or Diampolis (Diampolis: Iamboli), a Greek town in the interior
of Thrace, to the east of Irenopolis, on the river Tonsus. (Ann. Comn. x. p. 274.)
It is probably the same place as the Diopolis of Hierocles, and the Diospolis
of Malala (ii. p. 167).
ISMARIS (Lake) KOMOTINI
Ismaris (Ismaris limne), a small lake on the south coast of Thrace,
a little to the east of Maronea. (Herod. vii. 169; Steph. B. s. v. Ismaros.) On
its eastern side rises Mt. Ismarus.
ISMAROS (Mountain) KOMOTINI
Ismarus (Ismaros), a mountain rising on the east of lake Ismaris,
on the south coast of Thrace (Virg. El. vi. 30, Georg. ii. 37; Propert. ii. 13.
5. iii. 12. 25 ; Lucret. v. 31, where it is called Ismara, as in Virg. Aen. x.
351.) Homer (Od. ix. 40,198) speaks of Ismarus as a town of the Cicones, on or
at the foot of the mountain. (Comp. Marc. Heracl. 28.) The name of the town also
appears in the form Ismaron. (Plin. iv. 18.) The district about Ismarus produced
wine which was highly esteemed. (Athen. i. p. 30; Ov. Met. ix. 641; Steph. B.
s. v.)
ISMAROS (Ancient city) RODOPI
A mountain rising on the east of lake Ismaris, on the south coast
of Thrace (Virg. El. vi. 30, Georg. ii. 37; Propert. ii. 13. 5. iii. 12. 25 ;
Lucret. v. 31, where it is called Ismara, as in Virg. Aen. x. 351.) Homer (Od.
ix. 40,198) speaks of Ismarus as a town of the Cicones, on or at the foot of the
mountain. (Comp. Marc. Heracl. 28.) The name of the town also appears in the form
Ismaron. (Plin. iv. 18.) The district about Ismarus produced wine which was highly
esteemed. (Athen. i. p. 30; Ov. Met. ix. 641; Steph. B. s. v.)
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KOMPSATOS (River) KOMOTINI
Compsatus (Kompsatos), a river of Thrace, which flowing through Lake
Bistonis emptied itself into the Aegean. (Herod. vii. 109.)
MARONIA (Ancient city) RODOPI
Maroneia. Eth. Maroneites. A rich and powerful city of the Cicones, in Thrace,
situated on the Aegean sea, not far from the lake Ismaris. (Herod. vii. 109.)
It was said to have been founded by Maron, a son of Dionysus (Eurip. Cycle. v.
100, 141), or, according to some, a companion of Osiris (Diod. Sic. i. 20); but
Scymnus (675) relates that it was built by a colony from Chios in the fourth year
of the fifty-ninth Olympiad (B.C. 540). Pliny (iv. 11. s. 18) tells us that the
ancient name was Ortagurea. The people of Maronea venerated Dionysus in an especial
manner, as we learn from their coins, probably on account of the superior character
of their wine, which was celebrated as early as the days of Homer (Od. ix. 196,
seqq.). This wine was universally esteemed all over the. ancient world; it was
said to possess the odour of Nectar (Nonnus, i. 12, xvii. 6, xix. 11), and to
be capable of mixture with twenty times its quantity of water (Hom. Od. ix. 209);
and, according to Pliny, on an experiment being made by Mucianus, who doubted
the truth of Homer's statement, it was found to bear even a larger proportion
of water. (Plin. xiv. 4. s. 6; comp. Victa Maroneo foedatus lumina Baccho, Tibull.
iv. 1. 57).
Maroneia was taken by Philip V. of Macedon in B.C. 200 ; and when
he was ordered by the Romans to evacuate the towns of Thrace, he vented his rage
by slaughtering a great number of the inhabitants of the city. (Liv. xxxi. 16,
xxxix. 24; Polyb. xxii. 6, 13, xxiii. 11, 13.) The Romans subsequently granted
Maroneia to Attalus; but they almost immediately afterwards revoked their gift,
and declared it a free city. (Polyb. xxx. 3.) By Constantine Porphyrogenitus (Them.
ii. 2), Maroneia is reckoned among the towns of Macedon. The modern name is Marogna,
and it has been the seat of an archbishopric.
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MAXIMIANOUPOLI (Ancient city) RODOPI
(Maximianoupolis), a town of Thrace, formerly called Impara or Pyrsoalis (It.
Ant. p. 331), not far from Rhodope (Amm. Marc. xxvii. 4), and the lake Bistonis
(Melet. p. 439, 2; It. Hieros. p. 603; Hierocl. p. 634; Const. Porph. de Them.
ii. 1; Procop. de Aed. iv. 11; Conc. Chal. p. 96.)
ORTHAGORIA (Ancient city) RODOPI
A town of Macedonia, of which coins are extant. Pliny (iv. 11. s. 18) says that
Ortagurea was the ancient name of Maroneia; but we learn from an ancient geographer
(Hudson, Geogr. Min. vol. iv. p. 42) that Orthagoria was the ancient name of Stageira,
to which accordingly the coins are assigned. (Eckhel, vol. ii. p. 73.)
STRYMI (Ancient city) MOLYVOTI
Strume. A town on the S. coast of Thrace, a little to the W. of Mesembria, between
which and Stryme flowed the small river Lissus, which the army of Xerxes is said
to have drunk dry. (Herod. vii. 108.) Stryme was a colony of Thasos; but disputes
seem to have arisen respecting it between the Thasii and the people of the neighbouring
city of Maroneia. (Philip. ap. Demos. p. 163, R.)
ISMAROS (Ancient city) RODOPI
(Ismaros) or Ismara. A town in Thrace, near Maronea, situated on a mountain of the same name, which produced excellent wine. It is mentioned in the Odyssey as a town of the Cicones. The poets frequently use the adjective Ismarius as equivalent to Thracus. Near Ismarus was Lake Ismaris.
MARONIA (Ancient city) RODOPI
(Maroneia). A town on the southern coast of Thrace, on the lake Ismaris, belonged originally to the Cicones, but afterwards colonized from Chios. It was celebrated for its excellent wine, and is mentioned by Homer as the residence of Maron, son of Evanthes, grandson of Dionysus and Ariadne, and priest of Apollo.
IASMOS (Municipality) KOMOTINI
NEO SIDIROCHORI (Municipality) KOMOTINI
ANASTASIOUPOLIS (Ancient city) KOMOTINI
It is located to the N of the Vistonida lake.
ISMAROS (Ancient city) RODOPI
On the top of the Mt. Ismaros (h. 461m.), there is a prehistoric acropolis, an enclosure and parts of its Cyclopean walls in a perimeter of 1330m. and megalithic gates. The foritfication was also used during the historic times (classical and byzantine period). To the SE corner of the enclosure, there are foundations of a large building.
ORTHAGORIA (Ancient city) RODOPI
ANASTASIOUPOLIS (Ancient city) KOMOTINI
Name of four ancient episcopal sees located respectively in Galatia
(suffragan of Ancyra), in
Phrygia (suffragan of Laodicea),
in Caria, and in Thrace.
Transcribed by: W.S. French, Jr
This text is cited June 2003 from The Catholic Encyclopedia, New Advent online edition URL below.
MARONIA (Ancient city) RODOPI
Maronia. A titular see in the province of Rhodopis,
suffragan of Trajanopolis.
The town is an ancient one, said to have been founded by Maron, who was supposed
to be the son of Dionysus or companion of Osiris. The probable origin of this
legend is the fact that Maronia was noted for its Dionysiac worship, perhaps because
of the famous wine grown in the neighbourhood and which was celebrated even in
Homer's day. It is mentioned in Herodotus (Vll, 109), and referred to by Pliny
under the name Ortagurea.
The town derived some of its importance from its commanding position
on the Thracian Sea, and
from the colony from Chios
which settled there about 560 B.C. It was taken by Philip V, King of Macedonia
(200 B.C.), but straightaway set free at the command of the Romans. By the Romans
it was given to Attalus, King of Pergamos,
but the gift was revoked and the town retained its freedom. Maronia, about 640,
became an autocephalous archdiocese, and was raised to metropolitan rank in the
thirteenth century under Andronicus II.
The ancient town on the sea coast has been abandoned, and the name
is now given to a village about three-quarters of an hour inland.
S. Vailhe, ed.
Transcribed by: Joseph P. Thomas
This extract is cited June 2003 from The Catholic Encyclopedia, New Advent online edition URL below.
A prosperous Kikonian city on the coast, not far from the modern town of Maronia. It was traditionally founded by Maron, priest of Apollo at Ismaros and grandson of Dionysos. Together with the other Kikonian cities of Ismaros and Xantheia, it was already in existence in the 7th c. The principal cult was devoted to the triad of Zeus, Dionysos, and Maron. A fine local coinage began in the 6th c. and continued until the union of Thrace with Macedonia. The city was especially noted for its strong wine, like that which was given by Maron to Odysseus, who used it to intoxicate Polyphemos. Reinach reported many Byzantine and Venetian remains as well as architectural fragments of white marble. A small marble theater was destroyed early in the 20th c.
M. H. Mc Allister, ed.
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