Calindoia or Kalindoia ( Greek: ) was an ancient

Bottiaean Bottiaeans or ''Bottiaei'' (Ancient Greek: ) were an ancient people of uncertain origin, living in Central Macedonia. Sometime, during the Archaic period, they were expelled by Macedonians from Bottiaea to Bottike. During the Classical era, they p ...

city in Mygdonia (modern Thessaloniki regional unit, Kalamoto village). The name also comes down to us in the form Calindaea. The town also bore the names Alindoia and Tripoiai. Kalindoia is first reported in the Athenian-Bottiaean alliance of 422 BCE and later in the Epidaurian list of

Theorodokoi The ''theorodokoi'' (Greek: , ) in ancient Greece were sacred envoy-receivers whose duty was to host and assist the ''theoroi'' (θεωροί, "viewers") before the Panhellenic games and festivals... A ''theorodokos'' was sometimes appointed by th ...

of 360/59 BCE. The name of Theodorokos was Pausanias, possibly the same as Pausanias, the pretender to the Macedonian throne in 368 and 360 BCE. It was refounded as a

Macedon Macedonia (; grc-gre, Μακεδονία), also called Macedon (), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by ...

ian city in the late 4th century BCE. A dedicatory inscription to

Apollo Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label=Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label= ...

was found at Toumbes Kalamotou; it records a list of priests of

Asclepius Asclepius (; grc-gre, Ἀσκληπιός ''Asklēpiós'' ; la, Aesculapius) is a hero and god of medicine in ancient Religion in ancient Greece, Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology. He is the son of Apollo and Coronis (lover of ...

(archpriest

Agathanor * Agathanor (Greek:Αγαθάνωρ) (late 4th century BC) son of Agathon was the Macedonian archpriest of Asclepius, mentioned in the decree of Kalindoia. * Agathanor son of Thrasycles (c. 250-200 BC) from Beroea, was also a Macedonian priest of A ...

) who had fulfilled their duties from the time when King Alexander gave Kalindoia to Makedones. Priests of Asclepius were frequently eponymous officials (

archon ''Archon'' ( gr, ἄρχων, árchōn, plural: ἄρχοντες, ''árchontes'') is a Greek word that means "ruler", frequently used as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem αρχ-, mean ...

tes) in Macedon. The site of Kalindoia is located near modern Kalamoto.

References

*Epigraphical Database Epidaurian Theorodoko
IG IV²,1 94
Decree of Kalindoi
Meletemata 11 K31 SEG 36.626
*Studies in the Ancient Greek Polis Page 114 by Mogens Herman Hansen, Kurt A. Raaflaub *The Hellenistic Settlements in Europe, the Islands, and Asia Minor Page 94 by Getzel M. Cohen Geography of ancient Mygdonia Populated places in ancient Macedonia Cities in ancient Macedonia Former populated places in Greece Argead colonies in Macedonia Members of the Delian League {{AncientMygdonia-geo-stub

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