Agora (Thrace)
{{Short description|Ancient town in Thrace}}
Agora ({{langx|grc|Ἀγορά}}), also called Cherronesos or Chersonesos{{cite book |last1=Hansen |first1=Mogens Herman |last2=Nielsen |first2=Thomas Heine |title=An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-814099-1 |page=905}}{{Cite Barrington|51}} ({{langx|grc|Χερρόνησος, Χερσόνησος}}; IPA(key): /kʰer.ró.nɛː.sos/, /kʰer.só.nɛː.sos/), was an ancient Greek town in Thrace. It was situated about the middle of the narrow neck of the Thracian Chersonese (called today Gallipoli peninsula), and not far from Cardia, in what is now European Turkey.{{Cite DARE|32289}}
It was a colony of Athens, founded between 561 and 556 BCE,{{cite book |last1=Tsetskhladze |first1=Gocha R. |title=Greek Colonisation. An account of Greek Colonies and Other Settlements Overseas. Vol. 1 |date=2006 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden, Boston |isbn=978-90-04-12204-8 |pages=lxviii (Table 6)}} and a member of the Delian League.[https://topostext.org/work/32#271 Athenian Tribute Lists] It is known for its series of tyrants in antiquity. Xerxes, when invading Greece in 480 BCE, passed through it.{{r|herod_7.58_steph_scy}}
Its site is tentatively located near modern Bolayır, Turkey.
Tyrants
According to the Greek Historian Herodotus, Militiades the Elder was chosen by the Dolonci to be tyrant of Chersonesos. His most notable achievement was building a long wall to guard from invaders crossing the isthmus.{{Cite book|title=The Histories|last=Herodotus|at=6.36}} Following the death of Militiades the Elder, his maternal half brother, Stesagoras acquired power.{{Cite book|title=The Histories|last=Herodotus|at=6.38}}
Stesagoras only ruled for approximately three years (519 - 516 BCE), when he was struck in the head by an axe. After Stesagoras' death, the Peisistratids of Athens sent Militiades the Younger, Stesagoras' brother, to mourn and honor him. After grieving for a period of time, Militiades the Younger restrained all the powerful men of the city and seized control of the area.{{Cite book|title=The Histories|last=Herodotus|at=6.39}} He later abandoned the area when Darius I invaded in 493 BCE.{{Cite book|title=The Histories|last=Herodotus|at=6.43}}
See also
References
Sources
- Smith, William (editor); [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064&layout=&loc=agora "Agora"], London, (1854)
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Category:Ionian colonies in Thrace
Category:Greek colonies in the Thracian Chersonese
Category:Populated places in ancient Thrace
Category:Former populated places in Turkey
Category:History of Çanakkale Province
Category:Members of the Delian League
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