GREEK MYTHOSThe Godsunder Codex · Places
ZONE (city in Thrace)
Ancient Greek polis on the Aegean coast of Thrace
- Kind of place
- City
- Region
- Thrace
- Where
- 40.86° N, 25.75° E
Wild oak trees grow at Zone in ordered ranks. Argonautica 1 ¶4 Orpheus led wild oak trees down from Pieria to Zone. Argonautica 1 ¶4
Described in the sources
Zone is situated on the Thracian shore. Argonautica 1 ¶4 +1 Zone is positioned before the headland of Serreum. Herodotus 7.59.2 Zone is situated near the Samothracian city of Sane. Herodotus 7.59.2 The region containing Zone was formerly possessed by the Cicones. Herodotus 7.59.2 Zone is located after Mount Serrium and before the place called Doriscus. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 4.18 ¶2 Zone is located near the beach at Doriscus where ships were brought ashore. Herodotus 7.59.2