Bithynians

Nomenclature

Greek Name: Βιθυνοί

Latin Name: Bithyniae

Toponyms:

Cultural Notes

Thracians of Asia; used to be called the Strymonians; have particular clothes

Geographical Notes

Used to live on the River Strymon, driven out of their homeland by the Teucrians and the Mysians. Moved from Europe to Asia.

Citations in Herodotos

1.28 their conquest by Croesus:  1.28
tribute to Persia:  3.90
in Xerxes' army:  7.75  their former migration from Thrace into Asia: .75
in Xerxes' army, originally Thracians:  7.75
subjected by Croesus:  1.28

Key Passages in English Translation

 

English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. Retreived from <http://www.perseus.tufts.edu>

Key Passages in Greek

 

Other Testimonia

descended from Arcadians: Paus. 8.9.7

Other Commentary


Perseus Encyclopedia:

W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotos:

Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
 

Disambiguation

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