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Acanthians

Nomenclature

Greek Name: Ακάνθιοι

Latin Name:

Toponyms:

Cultural Notes

 

Geographical Notes

Acanthus, in Chalcidice; crossed the plain of Syleus, bypassing Stagirus

Citations in Herodotos

6.44; on the isthmus of Mount Athos, one of Xerxes' chief halting-places on his march:  6.44,  7.115-117,  7.121,  7.124

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

 

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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