Serrion Teichos

Serrion Teichos (Ancient Greek: Σέρριον τείχος) or Serreion Teichos (Σέρρειον τεῖχος) was a Greek^[1] city in ancient Thrace, located in the region of the Propontis. It was a member of the Delian League and appears in tribute lists of Athens between 428/7 and 418/7 BCE.^[1] It later bore the name of Ganus or Ganos (Γάνος or Γᾶνος).^[2] It is under this name that the town is mentioned by geographers and historians, as a noted mountain fortress of Thrace.^[3]

Its site is near the modern Ganos, Turkey.^[2]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Propontic Thrace". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 922. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
^ ^a ^b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 52, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Xenophon, Anab., 7.5.8; Harpocration, s.v. Γάνος; Suda, s.v. Γάνος; Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, 28; Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.18.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Ganus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.