Mecyberna

Mecyberna (Meg-), æ, f. , ville de Macédoine : Mela 2, 34 || -æus, a, um, de Mecyberna : Plin. 4, 36.

MECYBERNA

MECYBERNA(Μηκύβερνα: Eth. Μηκυβερναῖος, Steph. B.; Scyl. p. 26; Scymn. 640), a town which stood at the head of the Toronaic gulf, which was also called SINUS MECYBERNAEUS.(Plin. Nat. 4.10; Pomp. Mela, 2.3.1.) Mecyberna was the port of Olynthus (Strab. 7. p. 330), and lay between that town and Sermyle. (Herod.7.122.) It was taken from the Athenians by the Chalcidic Thracians (Thuc. 5.39), and surrendered to Philip before the siege of Olynthus. (Diod. 16.54.) The site must be sought at Molivópyrgo, where some remains of antiquity are said to be preserved. (Leake, North. Greece, vol. 3. p. 155.)

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Mecyberna

(Μηκύβερνα). A town of Macedonia in Chalcidicé, at the head of the Toronaic Gulf, east of Olynthus, of which it was the sea-port.

Mecyberna Mecyberna, a town on the Sithonian promontory of Chalcidice

• Hdt. 7.122