It is cited by Herodotus as one of the cities—together with Pilorus, Singus and Sarte—located near Mount Athos which Xerxes ordered to open a channel through which his fleet passed, and from which he recruited troops in his expedition of the year 480 BCE against Greece.
[2] It belonged to the Delian League since it appears in the tribute registry of Athens from 454/3 to 433/2 BCE.
[5] Here was a river which was called the Psychrus or Psychros (Ψυχρός), from its coldness.
[6] Its site is tentatively located near modern Pergadikia.
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