Phagres

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Phagres ({{langx|grc|Φάγρης}}) was a Greek{{cite book|author= Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen |title= An inventory of archaic and classical poleis|year= 2004|publisher= Oxford University Press|location=New York|isbn= 0-19-814099-1|page= 865}} city located in ancient Thrace and later in Macedon, in the region between the river Strymon and the river Nestos called Edonis or Pieris.{{Cite Herodotus|7.112}}{{Cite Thucydides|2.99}}Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, 68; {{Cite Strabo|vii., Fr. 33, p. 331}} It was founded by colonists from Thasos.[http://www.ems.gr/analytikos-katalogos-ekdoseon/makedoniki-vivliothiki/049-samsaris.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424003106/http://www.ems.gr/analytikos-katalogos-ekdoseon/makedoniki-vivliothiki/049-samsaris.html |date=2017-04-24 }} D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 160-161. {{ISBN|960-7265-16-5}} It was perhaps together with Galepsus and Apollonia occupied and destroyed by Philip II of Macedon after the capture of Amphipolis. Despite this, archeological remains include Hellenistic finds and indications that Phagres survived into the Roman period.

Its site is located near modern Orfani (Orphanion).{{Cite Barrington|51}}{{Cite DARE|32385}}

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Category:Populated places in ancient Thrace

Category:Populated places in ancient Macedonia

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