Methylion

39°24′30″N 21°57′43″E / 39.408469°N 21.962071°E / 39.408469; 21.962071 Methylion (Ancient Greek: Μεθύλιον) was a town and polis (city-state) in ancient Thessaly.[1] Methylion minted coins dated to the 5th and 4th centuries BCE with the legends «ΜΕΘΥ» and «ΜΕΘΥΛΙΕΩΝ».[1] In addition, there is epigraphic evidence dated to 230-220 BCE of a theorodokos of Methylion.[2] Stephanus of Byzantium refers to the town as Methydrion (Μεθύδριον).[3]

Its location is near modern Mirina, where excavations have uncovered floor tiles dated to the third century BCE bearing the inscription "Μεθυλιέων".[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 697. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  2. ^ Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 45 (1921) 1 III,29.
  3. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Μεθύδριον.
  4. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.


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