Bromiscus

Bromiscus or Bromiskos (Ancient Greek: Βρομίσκος), or Bormiscus or Bormiskos (Βορμίσκος),¹ was a town of Mygdonia in ancient Macedonia, near the river by which the waters of Lake Bolbe flow into the Strymonic Gulf.² It was either upon the site of this place or of the neighbouring Arethusa that the fortress of Rentine was built, which is frequently mentioned by the Byzantine historians.³ Stephanus of Byzantium relates that Euripides was here torn to death by dogs; but another legend supposes this event to have taken place at Arethusa, where the tomb of the poet was shown. It was mentioned in the Athenian tribute lists as a member of the Delian League in 422/1 BCE.⁴

The site of Bromiscus is located near modern Kato Stavros.⁵⁶

References

Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 4.103.
Th. L. Fr. Tafel, Thessalonica, p. 68.
IG I³ 77,V,26.
Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Bromiscus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

40°40′37″N 23°40′41″E / 40.676875°N 23.678073°E / 40.676875; 23.678073

[1] Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.

[2] Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 4.103.

[3] Th. L. Fr. Tafel, Thessalonica, p. 68.

[4] IG I³ 77,V,26.

[-Barrington-5] Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.

[6] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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