Scapte Hyle

SCAPTE HYLE

SCAPTE HYLE (Σκαπτὴ ὕλη, Plut. Cim. 4, de Exilio, p. 605; Marcellin. Vit. Thucyd. § 19), or the foss wood,s ituated on the confines of Macedonia and Thrace, in the auriferous district of Mt. Pangaeum, to which Thucydides was exiled, and where he composed his great legacy for all ages--the history of the war in which he had served as general.

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Scapte Hyle

(Σκαπτὴ Ὕλη). Also called, but less correctly, Scaptesylé, a small town on the coast of Thrace, opposite the island of Thasos. It contained celebrated gold mines, which were originally worked by the Thracians. Thucydides here arranged the materials for his history (Plut. Cim. 4; Marcell. Thucyd. 19).

Scapte Hyle Scapte Hyle, in Thrace opposite Thasos

• gold-mines there: Hdt. 6.46