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|date = 7th century BCE
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'''Thasos City''', also known as '''City of the Champions''', was a city on the [[Greece|Greek]] [[Thasos|island]] of the same name that is now a small town in [[Northern Greece]].
'''Thasos City''' (Greek: Θάσος) is the main settlement on the island of [[Thasos]], [[Greece]]. In classical antiquity it was a major ''[[polis]]'' located in the [[City of the Champion]] region of the [[Hephaistos Islands]].
 
Among its landmarks, Thasos boasted [[Thasos Temple|an akropolis sanctuary]] dedicated to [[Athena]], [[Pan]] and [[Apollo]]; as well as a [[Thasos Theater|theater]] and a gymnasium where Olympic athletes such as [[Theagenes of Thasos|Theagenes]] could train.


During the [[Peloponnesian War]] the city was visited by the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
During the [[Peloponnesian War]] the city was visited by the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
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Revision as of 17:17, 26 February 2019


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Thasos City (Greek: Θάσος) is the main settlement on the island of Thasos, Greece. In classical antiquity it was a major polis located in the City of the Champion region of the Hephaistos Islands.

Among its landmarks, Thasos boasted an akropolis sanctuary dedicated to Athena, Pan and Apollo; as well as a theater and a gymnasium where Olympic athletes such as Theagenes could train.

During the Peloponnesian War the city was visited by the Spartan misthios Kassandra.[1]

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