OESYME
OESYME (
Οἰσύμη,
Thuc. 4.107; Scyl. p. 27 (the MS. incorrectly
Σιούμη);
Scymn. Ch. 655;
Diod. 12.68 (by an error of the MS.
Σύμη);
Ptol. 3.13.9;
Plin. Nat. 4.18; Armenidas, ap. Athen. p. 31: Eth.
Οἰσυμαῖος,
Steph. B. sub voce a Thasian colony in Pieris, which, with Galepsus, was taken by Brasidas, after the capture of Amphipolis. (Thue.
l.c.) Its position must be sought at some point on the coast between
Neftér and the mouth of the Strymon. (Leake,
Northern Greece, vol. iii. p. 179; Cousinery,
Voyage dans la Macedoine, vol. ii. p. 69.)
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