List of Thracian Greeks

This is a list of ancient Greeks in Thrace.

## Ancient

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### Artists

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* Brygos Attic Painter/Potter (possibly of Thracian origin)[1]
* Athenion of Maroneia Painter
* Boethus of Chalcedon Sculptor

### Athletes

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* _of Maroneia Pale Greek Wrestling Olympics 476 BC[2]

### Grammarians

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* Aristarchus of Samothrace
* Aristophanes of Byzantium
* Dionysius Thrax

### Historians

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* Thucydides
* Hecataeus of Abdera
* Stephanus of Byzantium
* Hieronymus of Cardia

### Mathematicians

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* Bion of Abdera
* Philo of Byzantium
* Epigenes of Byzantium

### Mythic Lovers

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* Hero and Leander

### Philosophers

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* Leucippus
* Protagoras
* Diogenes Apolloniates
* Thrasymachus
* Democritus
* Xenocrates
* Anaxarchus
* Hecataeus of Abdera
* Hipparchia of Maroneia
* Metrocles
* Antisthenes of Athens

### Physicians

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* Herodicus

### Poets

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* Nicaenetus of Samos
* Sotades of Maroneia
* Phaedimus of Bisanthe

### Rulers-Politicians

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* Miltiades the Elder
* Miltiades
* Cimon
* Themistocles
* Cleophon (politician)
* Thucydides
* Nymphodorus of Abdera
* Python of Aenus
* Heraclides of Aenus
* Eumenes
* Lysimachus
* Agathocles (son of Lysimachus)

#### Hellenized Thracians

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* Dolonci (Δόλογγες)
* Abrotonum
* Hegesipyle of Olorus
* Olorus
* List of rulers of Bithynia

## Cities

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### Aegean Thrace

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In order from west to east:

* Stryme
* Abdera
* Ismaros
* Maroneia
* Samothrace
* Aenus
* Lysimachia

### Thracian Chersonese

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* Abydos, Hellespont
* Alopeconnesus
* Aegospotami
* Callipolis
* Cardia
* Elaeus
* Sestus

### Propontis

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* Bisanthe
* Perinthus
* Selymbria

### Bosporus

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* Byzantium
* Chalcedon

### Pontus Euxinus

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In order from north to south:

* Histria
* Tomi
* Callatis
* Dionysopolis or Krounoi
* Odessos or Odessopolis
* Naulochos
* Mesembria
* Anchialos
* Apollonia
* Agathopolis

## References

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1. ^ Paul Kretschmer. Die Griechischen Vaseninschriften ihrer Sprache nach untersucht.
2. ^ Miller, Stephen Gaylord (1991). Arete: Greek Sports from Ancient Sources. University of California Press. p. 86\. ISBN 0-520-07509-9.

## External links

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* Map of Greek Colonies in Thrace