Proconnesus (city)

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'''Proconnesus''' or '''Prokonnesos''' (), also spelt '''Proeconesus''' or '''Proikonnesos''' (Προικόνησος),<ref>[[Zosimus]], ''Nova Historia'' 2.30, </ref> was a Greek town on the southwestern shore of [[Proconnesus]] island. [[Aristeas]], the poet of the Arimaspeia, was a native.<ref></ref><ref></ref> This town, which was a colony of the [[Milesians]],<ref></ref> was burnt by a Phoenician fleet, acting under the orders of Persian king [[Darius I]].<ref></ref> [[Strabo]] distinguishes between old and new Proconnesus. The inhabitants of [[Cyzicus]], at a time which we cannot ascertain, forced the Proconnesians to dwell together with them, and transferred the statue of the goddess [[Dindymene]] to their own city.<ref></ref>

Its site is located near the town of Marmara on [[Marmara Island]].<ref name=Barrington></ref><ref></ref>

==References==







[[Category:Populated places in ancient Mysia]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Turkey]]

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