Μυρτώνιον

Myrtonion, Myrtonium

Translated by David Whitehead5 Oct 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

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Demosthenes in the [speech] in defence of Ktesiphon [sc. mentions it].¹ A fort in Thrace.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μυρτώνιον· Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος. φρούριον ἦν ἐν Θρᾴκῃ.

Betacode

*murtw/nion: *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| u(pe\r *kthsifw=ntos. frou/rion h)=n e)n *qra/|kh|.

Abridged from Harpokration s.v., where historiography (Marsyas FGrH 135 F15; Anaximenes FGrH 72 F41) is cited for the information given.
The precise form of the toponym varies: Myrtonion here, Myrtanon in Harpok., Myrtenon in Demosthenes himself.
1Demosthenes 18.27. ↩

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