Polichna (Megaris)
Polichna (Ancient Greek: Πολίχνα), or Polichne (Πολίχνη), was a town of ancient Megaris, mentioned by Homer, quoted by Strabo, for which the Athenians substituted another to prove that Salamis at the time of the Trojan War was a dependency of Athens.[1]
References
- Strabo. Geographica. ix. p.394. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
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