Olynthus - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Olynthus - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Olynthus ( Olynthos, named for the ὄλυνθος olunthos, "the fruit of the wild fig tree"Liddell-Scott-Jones s.v. ὄλονθος.) is an ancient city in present-day Chalcidice, Greece. It was built mostly on two flat-topped hills 30–40m in height, in a fertile plain at the head of the Gulf of Torone, near the neck of the peninsula of Pallene, about 2.5 kilometers from the sea, and about 60 stadia (c. 9–10 kilometers) from Poteidaea.W. Smith. 1854. "Olynthus." Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DO%3Aentry+group%3D3%3Aentry%3Dolynthus-geo Read more on Wikipedia
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