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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