Oesyme

OESYME(Οἰσύμη, Thuc. 4.107; Scyl. p. 27 (the MS. incorrectly Σιούμη); Scymn. Ch. 655; Diod. Sic. 12.68 (by an error of the MS. Σύμη); Ptol. 3.13.9; Plin. Nat. 4.18; Armenidas, ap. Athen. p. 31: Eth. Οἰσυμαῖος, Steph. B.), a Thasian colony in Pieris, which, with Galepsus, was taken by Brasidas, after the capture of Amphipolis. (Thue. l. c.) Its position must be sought at some point on the coast between Neftérand the mouth of the Strymon. (Leake, Northern Greece, vol. 3. p. 179; Cousinery, Voyage dans la Macedoine, vol. 2. p. 69.)