Perinthus

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Perinthus (Ancient Greek: Πέρινθος Périnthos, later called Heraclea, present-day Marmara Ereğli) was an ancient town of Thrace, on the Propontis, 22 miles west of Selymbria, strongly situated on a small peninsula on the bay of that name.

It is said to have been a Samian colony, founded about 599 BC. According to John Tzetzes, its original name was Mygdonia; later it was called Heraclea (Heraclea Thraciae, Heraclea Perinthus). It is famous chiefly for its stubborn and successful resistance to Philip II of Macedon in 340 BC; at that time it seems to have been more important than Byzantium itself.

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.