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Gigonus
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'''Gigonus''' or '''Gigonos''' () was an ancient Greek [[polis]] (city-state) in the [[Chalcidice]], [[ancient Macedonia]]. It is cited by [[Herodotus]] as one of the cities - together with [[Lipaxus]], [[Combreia]], [[Lisaea]], [[Campsa (Macedonia)|Campsa]], [[Smila (Macedonia)|Smila]], [[Aeneia]] - located in the vicinity of the [[Thermaic Gulf]], in a region called [[Crusis]] near the peninsula of [[Pallene, Chalcidice|Pallene]] where [[Xerxes I|Xerxes]] recruited troops in his expedition of the year 480 BCE against Greece.<ref></ref>
Subsequently the city belonged to the [[Delian League]] since it appears on a tribute list to [[Ancient Athens|Athens]] in 434/3 BCE.<ref></ref> Gigonus is also cited by [[Thucydides]] as the place where the Athenians, under the command of [[Callias (son of Callias)|Callias]], established a camp in the year 432 BCE when they were heading against [[Battle of Potidaea|Potidaea]].<ref></ref>
The site of Gigonus is located near modern [[Nea Kallikrateia]].<ref></ref><ref></ref>
==References==
[[Category:Populated places in ancient Macedonia]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Greece]]
[[Category:Members of the Delian League]]
Subsequently the city belonged to the [[Delian League]] since it appears on a tribute list to [[Ancient Athens|Athens]] in 434/3 BCE.<ref></ref> Gigonus is also cited by [[Thucydides]] as the place where the Athenians, under the command of [[Callias (son of Callias)|Callias]], established a camp in the year 432 BCE when they were heading against [[Battle of Potidaea|Potidaea]].<ref></ref>
The site of Gigonus is located near modern [[Nea Kallikrateia]].<ref></ref><ref></ref>
==References==
[[Category:Populated places in ancient Macedonia]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Greece]]
[[Category:Members of the Delian League]]
January 11, 2019 at 10:45AM
