Limnae, Thrace
Limnae (Greek: Λίμναι; also spelled Limnæ) was an ancient Greek[1] city in Thrace, located in the peninsular region of the Thracian Chersonesos, in present Greece.
The Greek word Λίμναι limnai means lakes or marshes.[2]
In Greece proper :
See also
- Limnae in Pisidia, a namesake in Asia Minor, now Gaziri in Anatolia and a Latin Catholic titular see
- Greek colonies in Thrace
References
- ↑ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,Index
- ↑ Cf. Wiktionary
- ↑ William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), entry "Limnae"
- ↑ Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, volume 95 (1993), pp. 210-212
- ↑ "Limnae." Brill’s New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider. Brill Online, 2014
- ↑ Nigel M. Kennell, Spartans: A New History (John Wiley & Sons 2011 ISBN 978-1-44436053-0), p. 30
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