Cithas Explained

Cithas or Kithas (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Κίθας) was a town of Chalcidice in ancient Macedonia. It belonged to the Delian League since it appears in the tribute registry of Athens for the year 434/3 BCE, where it paid a phoros of 3000 drachmas jointly with the cities of Tinde, Gigonus, Smila and Lisaea.[1]

The location of its site is disputed: the editors of the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World treat Cithas as located at the site of Cissus; whereas, Mogens Herman Hansen and his colleagues treat Cithas as unlocated.[2]

Accepting the identification, its site is located in the western Chalcidice.

References

40.3967°N 23.0559°W

Notes and References

  1. [Inscriptiones Graecae|IG]
  2. Book: Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen . An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. 2004. Oxford University Press. New York. 0-19-814099-1. Thrace from Axios to Strymon. 830.