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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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