CI´CONES
Eth.
CI´CONES (
Κίκονες), a Thracian people inhabiting the coast district between the rivers Hebrus in the E. and Lissus in the W., where they appear to have lived from very remote times. (
Hom. Il. 2.846,
Od. 4.39;
Hdt. 7.59,110; Orph.
Arg. 77; Steph. Byz. s. v.
Μαρώνεια; Mela, 2.2, 8;
Plin. Nat. 4.18;
Verg. G. 4.520;
Sil. Ital. 11.477;
Ov. Met. 10.2,
15.313.)
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