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date: 06 February 2023

Chalcedonlocked

Chalcedonlocked

  • Alexander John Graham
  •  and Stephen Mitchell

Extract

Megarian colony founded in 685 bce (so Euseb. Chron.) on the Asiatic side of the *Bosporus (1) opposite Byzantium (mod. Kadıköy). It was called the city of the blind (Hdt. 4. 144) because its founders missed the uncolonized site of *Byzantium, with which it was subsequently closely linked. Apart from stray tombs few ancient remains have survived.

Subjects

  • Ancient Geography
  • Christianity

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