Mecyberna

Mecyberna or Mekyberna (Ancient Greek: Μηκύβερνα) was a town of Chalcidice, ancient Macedonia, which stood at the head of the Toronaic Gulf, which was also called Sinus Mecybernaeus.^[1][2] Mecyberna was the port of Olynthus.^[3] and lay between that town and Sermyle.^[4]

The town was a member of the Delian League, as its name appears in tribute lists from 454/3 to 433/2 BCE.^[5] It was taken from the Athenians by the Chalcidic Thracians (420 BCE),^[6] and surrendered to Philip II of Macedon before the siege of Olynthus (349 BCE).^[7]

The site of Mecyberna is near the modern Molyvopyrgos.^[8][9]

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5. ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thrace from Axios to Strymon". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 831. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
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