Myrkinos ( el, Μύρκινος) is a village in
Serres regional unit of
Central Macedonia, located at the confluence of the rivers
Strymonas
Strymonas ( el, Στρυμώνας) is a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the B ...
and
Angitis. Since the
2011 administrative reform it has been a municipal unit of the municipality of
Nea Zichni. It has a population of 370 inhabitants and until 1928 was named “Doxombos”.
History
Myrkinos was a remarkable Thracian city, the capital of
Edoni (from the 8th to the 5th century BC), whose place is identical to the present village of the same name, where archaeological findings testify to the existence of an ancient city. As evidenced by Appianos and Diodorus, as well as by finding three inscriptions, Myrkinos survived to the Roman (imperial) times.
Dim. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 141. In Byzantine times it was referred to by its name “Doxobus”.
References
Populated places in Serres (regional unit)
Nea Zichni
Archaeological sites in Macedonia (Greece)
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