Νικωνία
Nikonia, Niconia
Translated by David Whitehead10 Dec 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
A city on the Black Sea, near the mouths of the Istros.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νικωνία· πόλις ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ πρὸς ταῖς ἐκβολαῖς τοῦ Ἴστρου.
Betacode
*nikwni/a: po/lis e)n tw=| *po/ntw| pro\s tai=s e)kbolai=s tou= *)/istrou.
Notes (1)
- Also called Nikonion (Barrington Atlas map 23 grid D2); in present-day Ukraine.
From Stephanus of Byzantium s.v., whose location information is inaccurate. In fact, Nikonion is located at the mouth of the river Tyras (the present-day Dniester), some 90 km. northeast of the Istros delta. See also Strabo 7.3.16 (web address 1), where the city is accurately located on the Tyras. - 1The lower Danube; cf. kappa 745. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history6 revisions · last 19 Nov 2020
- expanded primary note, added link — Ronald Allen
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead