Stratonicea (Chalcidice)
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Stratonicea was an ancient city of Hellenistic foundation on the west coast of the Akte
peninsula (now Mount Athos), a few km northwest of Cleonae
; its site is at the modern village of Stratoni, Chalkidiki, Greece
. Approximately 1 km distant are the ruins of Stageira
, the birthplace of Aristotle
.
Mount Athos
Mount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...
peninsula (now Mount Athos), a few km northwest of Cleonae
Cleonae (Chalcidice)
Cleonae or Cleonæ or Kleonai was an ancient city on the Akte peninsula , on its western coast, northwest of Thyssos . Mentioned by Strabo, it was colonized by Euboean colonists from Chalcis....
; its site is at the modern village of Stratoni, Chalkidiki, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. Approximately 1 km distant are the ruins of Stageira
Stageira
Stageira was an ancient Greek city on the Chalkidiki peninsula and is chiefly known for being the birthplace of Aristotle. The city lies approximately 8 kilometres north northeast of the present-day village of Stagira, close to the town of Olympiada....
, the birthplace of Aristotle
Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology...
.
Sources
- Blue Guide, Greece (ISBN 0-393-30372-1), p. 599