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PERINTHUS (Turk. Eski Eregli, old
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Heraclea)  , an
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ancient
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town of
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Thrace, on thePropontis, 22 M . W. of Selymbria, strongly situated on a small
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peninsula on the
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bay of that name . It is said to have been a Samian
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colony, founded about 599 B.C . According to
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Tzetzes, its
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original name was Mygdonia; later it was called
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Heraclea (Heraclea Thraciae, Heraclea
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Perinthus) . It is famous chiefly for its stubborn and successful resistance to
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Philip II. of Macedon in 340; at that
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time it seems to have been more important than
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Byzantium itself .

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