Mycale
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mycale (also Mycǎlé, Mukalê, Mykale and Mycali; called Samsun Daği in modern Turkey) is a mountain on the west coast of central Anatolia in Turkey, north of the mouth of the Maeander and opposite the island of Samos.1 It forms a ridge, terminating in the Trogilium promontory.
Contents |
[edit] Panionium
On the north side of the mountain, near the ancient Ionian city of Priene was located, from circa 800 BC, the Panionium,2 a sanctuary and of Poseidon Heliconius, the meeting place of the Ionian League, and the site of the religious festival and games (panegyris) called the Panionia.3
[edit] Battle of Mycale
In 479 BC, Mycale was the site of one of the two major battles that ended the Persian invasion of Greece, during the Greco-Persian Wars (see battle of Mycale). Under the leadership of the Spartan Leotychides, the Greek fleet defeated the Persian fleet and army.4 According to Herodotus, the battle occurred the same day as the Greek victory at Plataea.5
[edit] References
- Herodotus, Histories, A. D. Godley (translator), Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1920; ISBN 0-674-99133-8
- Pausanias, Description of Greece, (Loeb Classical Library) translated by W. H. S. Jones; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. (1918) ; Vol 2, Books III–V, ISBN 0-674-99207-5; Vol 3, Books VI–VIII.21, ISBN 0-674-99300-4.
- Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography "Mycale" London (1854)
- Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War. London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton. 1910.
