SINGUS
SINGUS (
Σίγγος,
Hdt. 7.122;
Thuc. 5.18; Böckh, Corp. Inscr. vol. i. p. 304;
Ptol. 3.13.11;
Steph. B. sub voce Plin. Nat. 4.17: Eth.
Σιγγαῖοι), a town of Sithonia in Macedonia, upon the gulf to which it gave its name,
SINGITICUS SINUS (
Σιγγιτικὸς κόλπος, Ptol.
l.c.: Gulf of Ághion Oros), identified with
Sykía, probably a corrupted form of the old name. (Leake,
Northern Greece, vol. iii. p. 153.)
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