Alopeconnesus or Alopekonnesos ( grc, Ἀλωπεκόννησος, "fox island") was an
ancient Greek city located on the western coast of
ancient Thrace, located in the region of the
Thracian Chersonesus. It was an
Aeolian
Aeolian commonly refers to things related to either of two Greek mythological figures:
* Aeolus (son of Hippotes), ruler of the winds
* Aeolus (son of Hellen), son of Hellen and eponym of the Aeolians
* Aeolians, an ancient Greek tribe thought to ...
colony, and was believed to have derived its name from the fact that the settlers were directed by an oracle to establish the colony, where they should first meet a fox with its cub. In the time of the Macedonian ascendancy, it was allied with, and under the protection of
Athens. Coinage of Alopeconnesus have survived.
The Platonic philosopher, Menaechmus ( grc, Μάναιχμος) was from Alopeconnesus or
Prokonnesos.
Its site has been located on
Anafarta Liman.
See also
*
Greek colonies in Thrace
References
Populated places in ancient Thrace
Former populated places in Turkey
Aeolian colonies
Greek colonies in the Thracian Chersonese
History of Çanakkale Province
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