T.
Tenedos (mod. Bozcaada; 39 ̊ 50 ’ N, 26 ̊ 04 ’ E): small island close to the shore, opposite
Alexandria Troas; settled from Lesbos; allied with Athens in the 5th c. BCE. OCD3
1483, E. Kearns; BAGRW 56-C2; NP 12/1.134–135, A. Külzer. (Contrast the Hellenistic
Pamphulian town Tenedos, RE 5A.1 [1934] 498–499 [#2], W. Ruge; BAGRW 65-E4.)
A, K, P.
Te o ̄s (mod. Sıg ̆acık; 38 ̊ 12 ’ N, 26 ̊ 47 ’ E): south of Smurna and north of Ephesos, on an
isthmus, with a north and south harbor; foundation-legends connect it with Boio ̄tia and
with Athens; in 544 BCE, the inhabitants migrated to Abde ̄ra, though many soon
returned; allied with Athens in the 5th c. BCE. PECS 893 – 894, G.E. Bean; OCD3 1483,
Idem and S. Hornblower; BAGRW 56-D5; NP 12/1.137–138, W. Blümel and E. Olshausen.
A, N, S.
Thasos (mod. Thasos; 40 ̊ 43 ’ N, 24 ̊ 46 ’ E): island, opposite Abde ̄ra, colonized from
Paros ca 680 BCE (displacing the native Thrakians), and prosperous from its gold-mines.
Surrendered to the Persians and then allied with or subject to Athens from 477 BCE;
remained prosperous then and under Macedon; declared free by Rome in 197 BCE.
PECS 903, E. Vanderpool; OCD3 1492, E.N. Borza; BAGRW 51-D3; NP 12/1.244–246,
A. Külzer.
A, A, A (?), A, E, L,
P (?), P, P, S, T.
% The ̄bai: seemingly impossible to determine whether these scientists came from one of
the two sites listed separately below, or else from the Karian The ̄bai (BAGRW 61-E2) or the
The ̄bai of Phthiotis (BAGRW 55-D2, mod. Akitsi):
E, H, L (?), O.
The ̄bai of Boio ̄tia (mod. Thivai; 38 ̊ 19 ’ N, 23 ̊ 19 ’ E): large and storied settlement since ca
1400 BCE; north of Plataia and south-west of Khalkis; from the late 6th c. BCE sought
to dominate all of Boio ̄tia; allied with Sparta in 457 BCE; formed Boio ̄tian confederacy in
447, and attacked Plataia; after 404 BCE, opposed Sparta and defeated her at Leuktra
in 371 BCE; opposed Philip II of Macedon at Khaironeia, 338 BCE. Destroyed after
failed revolt against Alexander of Macedon. PECS 904 – 906, P. Roesch; OCD3 1495 – 1496,
J. Buckler; BAGRW 55-E4; NP 12/1.283–288 (#2), M. Fell.
A (?), L (?).
The ̄bai of Egypt ⇒ Diospolis Magna
Thessalia/Thessaly: mostly land-locked region of northern Greece, consisting of two
large plains, enclosed by mountains, including Olumpos/Olympus, Ossa, and Pelion. Fertile
land, famous for horses, notorious for witches, and a center of the Orphic cult, with distinct-
ive but Greek-influenced culture. Militarily dominated central Greece until ca 600 BCE.
Internal discord facilitated the intervention of Philip II of Macedon, 353– 352 BCE; allied
with Alexander of Macedon, then opposed Macedon 323 – 322 BCE. Partly controlled by
Macedon in the 3rd c. BCE; declared free, but controlled, by Rome in 196 BCE; enlarged
by Rome in 146 BCE. OCD3 1511 – 1512, B. Helly; NP 12/1.446–451, H. Beck.
Sites: Atrax, Larissa.
People: B (?), K, N, P.
Thrake ̄/Thrace: on the northern edge of Macedon, with varying and unclear borders:
e.g., the 5th c. BCE kingdom of the Odrusai extended from the Danube to the Hellespont;
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