METHONE (city in Magnesia)
Ancient city of Magnesia, Greece
- Kind of place
- City
- Region
- Magnesia
- Where
- 39.33° N, 23.07° E
Methone is situated on the Hermionic Gulf. Strabo 1.3.18 The people from Methone were described as good archers. Iliad 2 ΒΆ57 Agamemnon's sailors allegedly cursed the town to never stop building walls. Strabo 8.6.15
Described in the sources
It lies about seventy stadia distant from the city of Alorus. Strabo 7.fragments.20 +1 Methone is located between Pydna and Alorus along the coast, approximately forty stadia away from Pydna. Strabo 7.fragments.20 +1 Methone is a city subject to Philoctetes. Strabo 9.5.16 The name Methone is shared with a Macedonian city. Strabo 8.6.15 Methone is a fortress located between Troezen and Epidaurus. Strabo 8.6.15 A peninsula of the same name as the fortress Methone exists nearby. Strabo 8.6.15 It was reportedly one of seven cities Agamemnon promised to Achilles. Strabo 8.4.3 This Methone is distinct from the Thracian Methone destroyed by Philip. Strabo 9.5.16 Methone is located along the shore near Thaumacia, Olizon, and Meliboea. Strabo 9.5.16 Some copies of Thucydides read Methone as the common name for this place. Strabo 8.6.15
Stories and history
Philip Amyntas lost his right eye to a catapult arrow during the siege of Methone. Strabo 7.fragments.22 +1 Agrippa killed Bogus, the king of the Maurusii, at this site. Strabo 8.4.3 Agrippa captured the location during the Actian war using a sea attack. Strabo 8.4.3 Demetrius of Scepsis thought the name caused confusion with the town near Troezen. Strabo 8.6.15 Theopompus claims Macedonians, not the local people, refused Agamemnon's levy of men. Strabo 8.6.15