Galepsus (Thrace)

Galepsos within the region of Edonis

Bronze coin from Galepsus

Galepsus or Galepsos (Ancient Greek: Γαλιψός) was a Greek city located in the region of Edonis in ancient Thrace and later in Macedon.^[1] It was located east of Phagres and about 17 km from Amphipolis.^[1] It belonged to the Delian League and it was founded as a colony of Thasos.^[2] After the conquest of Amphipolis it was occupied by Brasidas in 424 BCE,^[3] but recovered by Cleon in the ensuing year.^[4] Perseus of Macedon, fleeing the Romans who had defeated him at Pydna, sailed the mouth of the Strymon, and towards Galepsus, staying there before moving on to Samothrace.^[5]

It was named after Galepsos who was a descendant of Thasos and of Telephe.

The site of Galepsus is near the modern Kariani.^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Benjamin H. Isaac, The Greek Settlements in Thrace Until the Macedonian Conquest, p.63
^ Hatzfeld, Jean. History of Ancient Greece (trans. by Andre Aymard, 1968, W.W. Norton & Co., New York), p. 34-35.
^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 4.107.
^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 5.6.
^ Livy. Ab Urbe Condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 44.45.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 51, and directory notes accompanying.
^ 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). "Galepsus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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