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[39] Κικόνεσσι. The Cicones, called “αἰχμηταί” Il.2. 846, lived on the south coast of Thrace, between the rivers Hebrus and Lissus. In historical times they are found on the Hebrus, Hdt. 7. 57, 110. Ismarus, their town, lay at the foot of a mountain of the same name. Cognate with this word, Ismarus, is the name of the priest Maron, inf. 197, and Maroneia, the late name of the Ciconian city, near Lake Ismaris, Hdt.7. 169.For the dative Ἰσμάρῳ, in apposition with, and more closely defining, “Κικόνεσσι” cp. Hom. Od.8. 362“Κύπρον ἵκανε . . ἐς Πάφον”. The Thracians were allies of Troy ( Hom. Il.2. 846), which accounts for the burning of their city by a Greek hero.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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