Methone (grc|Μεθώνη,) was an ancient Greek city-state[1] on the Pagasetic Gulf of Magnesia in ancient Thessaly.[2] The town is mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad as belonging to Philoctetes. It is also mentioned in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax as a city in Magnesia, together with Iolcus, Coracae, Spalauthra and Olizon.[3]
Some accept that the town's location is on a hill called Nevestiki (39.3316°N 23.0527°W), near the current village of Ano Lechonia, where remains of a fortification have been found, but that location has been suggested by others as the site of Coracae.[4]