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A settlement of the Edones, conquered by the Persians and given to Histiaios of Miletos in 513 BC, then briefly colonised by Milesians after the Ionian Revolt. It was conquered by Macedon in 356 BC.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501520

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.90722, 23.819454

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 13843 (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Μύρκινος (Myrkinos: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 300)

Myrkinos makes connections with:

Myrkinos part of (administrative) Edones (550 BC - 330 BC)
Myrkinos part of (administrative) Macedonia (Archaic and Classical kingdom) (550 BC - 330 BC)
Myrkinos founded by Miletus (550 BC - 330 BC)
Myrkinos part of (administrative) Thrace/Skudra (satrapy) (550 BC - 330 BC)

Myrkinos receives connections from:

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Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 51 B3 Myrkinos

Details:

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Suggested citation:
E.N. Borza, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, G. Reger, and R. Talbert, 'Myrkinos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501520> [accessed: 13 May 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501520 |title=Places: 501520 (Myrkinos) |author=Borza, E. |accessdate=May 13, 2025 9:33 am |publisher=Pleiades}}