Κρήστων

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Κρήστων, πόλις Θρᾴκης. ἔοικε δὲ εἶναι ἡ Κρηστών παρ´ Ἡροδότῳ. Λυκόφρων “ὁρκωμοτῆσαι τόν τε Κρηστώνης θεόν”. ὁ πολίτης Κρηστωναῖος παρὰ Πινδάρῳ. Ῥιανὸς δὲ Κρηστωνίους αὐτούς φησιν. Ἑκαταῖος δὲ Κρηστῶνας αὐτοὺς ἐν Εὐρώπῃ. καὶ Κρηστωνικόν κτητικόν.

Kreston: a city of Thrace. It seems to be the Kreston in Herodotus, book 1. Lykophron: ‘to swear also by the god of Krestone’. A citizen is a 'Krestonaios', in Pindar. Rianos says they themselves are 'Krestonioi'. Hekataios says they themselves are 'Krestones' in Europe. Also 'Krestonikon' as the possessive.

Text Details

Entry#216
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 383.16 · Billerbeck Κ216
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-21
Word count35
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἡρόδοτος (Herodotus)(1,57,1)
Λυκόφρων (Lycophron)(937)
Πίνδαρος (Pindar)fr. 309 Maehler
Ῥιανός (Rhianos)FGrHist 265 F 35 = fr. 59 Powell
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)Εὐρώπῃ · FGrHist 1 F 153
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚρηστώνηKrestone · place
ΘρᾴκηThrace · place
ΚρηστώνηKrestone · place
ΚρηστωνιοίKrestonians · people
ΕὐρώπηEurope · place
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Place linksCrestonia | 📍 Map | Pleiades
Page scanse9783110219630_i0645.jpg
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