List of Thracian Greeks explained

This is a list of ancient Greeks in Thrace

Ancient

Artists

• Brygos Attic Painter/Potter (possibly of Thracian origin)^[1]
• Athenion of Maroneia Painter
• Boethus of Chalcedon Sculptor

Athletes

• _of Maroneia Pale Greek Wrestling Olympics 476 BC^[2]

Grammarians

• • • Aristarchus of Samothrace Aristophanes of Byzantium Dionysius Thrax

Historians

• • • • Thucydides Hecataeus of Abdera Stephanus of Byzantium Hieronymus of Cardia

Mathematicians

• • • Bion of Abdera Philo of Byzantium Epigenes of Byzantium

Mythic Lovers

• Hero and Leander

Philosophers

• • Leucippus Protagoras
    • • • • • • • Diogenes Apolloniates Thrasymachus Democritus Xenocrates Anaxarchus Hecataeus of Abdera Hipparchia of Maroneia Metrocles Antisthenes of Athens

Physicians

• Herodicus

Poets

• • Nicaenetus of Samos Sotades of Maroneia
• Phaedimus of Bisanthe

Rulers-Politicians

• Miltiades the Elder
  • • Miltiades Cimon Themistocles
      • • Cleophon (politician) Thucydides Nymphodorus of Abdera Python of Aenus Heraclides of Aenus
    • Eumenes Lysimachus Agathocles (son of Lysimachus)

Hellenized Thracians

• Dolonci (Δόλογγες)
  • Abrotonum Hegesipyle of Olorus
  • Olorus List of rulers of Bithynia

Cities

Aegean Thrace

In order from west to east:

• Stryme
• Abdera
• Ismaros
  • • • Maroneia Samothrace Aenus Lysimachia

Thracian Chersonese

• • Abydos, Hellespont Alopeconnesus
• Aegospotami
• Callipolis
  • • Cardia Elaeus Sestus

Propontis

• • • Bisanthe Perinthus Selymbria

Bosporus

• • Byzantium Chalcedon

Pontus Euxinus

In order from north to south:

• • • • Histria Tomi Callatis Dionysopolis or Krounoi
• Odessos or Odessopolis
  • • • • Naulochos Mesembria Anchialos Apollonia Agathopolis

External links

• Map of Greek Colonies in Thrace

Notes and References

1. [Paul Kretschmer]
2. Book: Miller, Stephen Gaylord. Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources. University of California Press. 1991. 0-520-07509-9. 86.