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| − | '''Crestonaean''', ''plural'' '''Crestonaeans''', were probably a gallic tribe and region<ref>Herodotus, Histories, 5.3.1</ref> | + | '''Crestonaean''', ''plural'' '''Crestonaeans''', were probably a gallic tribe and region<ref>Herodotus, Histories, 5.3.1</ref> directly north of the modern city of [[Thessalonica]]. |
| − | We know that the river Echidorus (Ἐχείδωρος | + | We know that the river [[Gallikos (river)|Echidorus]] (Ἐχείδωρος<ref>Scyl. p. 26</ref>; Ἐχέδωρος<ref>Ptol. 3.13.4</ref>), [[Gallikos (river)|Cheidorus]]<ref>[[Herodotus]], ''Histories'', 7.124.1; 7.127.2;</ref> later named the [[Gallikos (river)|Galliko]], rose in their territory and emptied itself into a lagoon near the mouth of the [[Vardar (river)|Axios/Axius]]<ref>William Smith, ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography'', '''ECHIDO´RUS''', http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:id=echidorus-geo</ref>, which empties into the [[Thermaic Gulf]] of the [[Aegean Sea]] a little to the west of [[Thessalonica]]. |
| − | + | [[Xerxes I the Great|Xerxes]] marched his army from the north of [[Therma]] through '''Crestonaea''' to meet his navy<ref>Herodotus, Histories, 7.124.1, http://perseus.uchicago.edu/perseus-cgi/citequery3.pl?dbname=GreekFeb2011&getid=1&query=Hdt.%207.126.1</ref> anchored there prior to the [[Battle of Marathon]]. | |
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Latest revision as of 07:38, October 17, 2026
Crestonaean, plural Crestonaeans, were probably a gallic tribe and region[1] directly north of the modern city of Thessalonica.
We know that the river Echidorus (Ἐχείδωρος[2]; Ἐχέδωρος[3]), Cheidorus[4] later named the Galliko, rose in their territory and emptied itself into a lagoon near the mouth of the Axios/Axius[5], which empties into the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea a little to the west of Thessalonica.
Xerxes marched his army from the north of Therma through Crestonaea to meet his navy[6] anchored there prior to the Battle of Marathon.
References
- ↑ Herodotus, Histories, 5.3.1
- ↑ Scyl. p. 26
- ↑ Ptol. 3.13.4
- ↑ Herodotus, Histories, 7.124.1; 7.127.2;
- ↑ William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, ECHIDO´RUS, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:id=echidorus-geo
- ↑ Herodotus, Histories, 7.124.1, http://perseus.uchicago.edu/perseus-cgi/citequery3.pl?dbname=GreekFeb2011&getid=1&query=Hdt.%207.126.1