Idomenae

Idomenae or Idomenai (Ancient Greek: Ἰδομεναί, possibly from Ἰδομενεύς - Idomeneues[1]), also known as Idomene (Ἰδομένη),[2] or Eidomenae or Eidomenai,[3] or Idomenia,[4] was a town of ancient Macedonia which the Tabular Itinerary places at 12 M. P. from Stena. Sitalces, on his route from Thrace to Macedonia, crossed Mount Cercine, leaving the Paeones on his right, and the Sinti and Maedi on his left, and descended upon the Axius at Idomenae.[5] It is included by Ptolemy in Emathia,[2] and was near Doberus, next to which it is named by Hierocles among the towns of Consular Macedonia under the Byzantine Empire. Idomenae is documented from the 5th century BCE.[3]

It is now an archaeological site located near the village of Marvinci, near Valandovo, modern-day North Macedonia.[6][7]

Archaeology

At its beginning, Idomenae was about 5,000 km2 big. An acropolis with defensive walls was built, a pottery building was also built, and so were other buildings. The people in this town traded a lot with the Asia Minor, which is evidenced by the facts that much of the material found on pottery here was used in graves in Asia Minor. There are also many amphoras from the islands of Thassos and Rhodes.

References
  1. Ἰδομενεύς, Georg Autenrieth, A Homeric Dictionary, on Perseus
  2. Ptolemy. The Geography. 3.13.39.
  3. Lohmann, Hans. "Idomenae". Brill's New Pauly. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  4. Peut. Tab.
  5. Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. 2.98.
  6. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 50, and directory notes accompanying.
  7. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Idomene". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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