Salmydessus

Salmydessus is a ancient site in Vize, Kırklareli; Salmydessus was a town on the Black Sea coast of ancient Thrace, about 97 km northwest of the entrance to the Bosporus, near present-day Kıyıköy.

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Location: 41.6372°N · 28.0911°E

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Salmydessus was a town on the Black Sea coast of ancient Thrace, about 97 km northwest of the entrance to the Bosporus, near present-day Kıyıköy. Herodotus records that it surrendered to Darius without a fight, while Xenophon and the Ten Thousand describe its shoal-filled, dangerous coast where wrecked ships were plundered by local Thracian tribes. Aeschylus called it "a rugged jaw, evil host of mariners, step-mother of ships."

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