Moryllus Explained
Moryllus or Moryllos (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Μόρυλλος) was a town of ancient Macedonia, placed by Ptolemy in the otherwise obscure district of Paraxia, then assumed to be in the district of Anthemus,[1] but now it is placed, thanks to an inscription, in the interior Mygdonia[2] or Crestonia,[3] near modern Ano Apostoli, Kilkis prefecture.[4] The only attested citizens of Moryllus are two Delphic theorodokoi, Hadymos and Seleukos sons of Argaios .[5] [6]
The site of Moryllus is located near modern Ano Apostoli.
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Notes and References
- Hazlitt, The Classical Gazetteer > page 23
- The Hellenistic settlements in Europe, the islands, and Asia Minor By Getzel M. Cohen Page 91
- Hatzopoulos M.B. – Loukopoulou L.D. (1989). Moryllos. Cite de la Crestonie, Μeletemata 7,. Athens. Manoledakis M. (2005)
- Ancient sites on Righa’s Charta. Some remarks based on the case of central Macedonia, Manoledakis M. (2008)
- http://epigraphy.packhum.org/inscriptions/oi?ikey=237952&bookid=118®ion=3&subregion=7 BCH 1921:1[19]]
- Macedonian Institutions Under the Kings Page 211 By Miltiadēs V. Chatzopoulos