Pagae
Pagae or Pagai (/ˈpædʒiː/; Doric Greek: Παγαί), or Pegae or Pegai (Ancient Greek: Πηγαί) was a town of ancient Megaris, on the Alcyonian or Corinthian Gulf. According to some sources of greek mythology Pagae had been the home town of Tereus. It was the harbour of Megaris on the western coast, and was the most important place in the country next to the capital. According to Strabo it was situated on the narrowest part of the Megaric isthmus, the distance from Pagae to Nisaea being 120 stadia.[1] When the Megarians joined Athens in 455 BCE, the Athenians garrisoned Pagae, and its harbour was of service to them in sending out an expedition against the northern coast of Peloponnesus.[2] The Athenians retained possession of Pagae a short time after Megara revolted from them in 454 BCE; but, by the thirty years' truce made in the same year, they surrendered the place to the Megarians.[3] At one period of the Peloponnesian War (424 BCE) we find Pagae held by the aristocratical exiles from Megara.[4] Pagae continued to exist until a late period, and under the Roman emperors was a place of sufficient importance to coin its own money. Strabo calls it
Its site is located near the modern Alepochori.[12][13] Remains of the city walls can be seen today.
References
[edit]- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii. p.334. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 1.103, 111.
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 1.114, 115.
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 4.66.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii. p.380. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "44.4". Description of Greece. Vol. 1. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.15.6.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. Vol. 3.3.10.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.7.11.
- ^ Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 645.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Pegae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
Sources
[edit]- Smith, Philip J. The Archaeology and Epigraphy of Hellenistic and Roman Megaris, Greece (Oxford: 2008).
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