Amphipolis
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AMPHIPOLIS.A town in a part of Macedonia formerly reckoned to Thrace, on the river Strymon, about 3 miles from its mouth, where the harbour Eion was situated. It was a place of great strategic and mercantile importance. It underwent various vicissitudes, but retained its importance based on its abundant supplies of excellent wine, figs, oil, and wood, its silver and gold mines, its woollen fabrics. The Romans raised it to the rank of a free town and the chief town of the first district of the province Macedonia; through it the Via Egnatia passed. The verb in the Greek (Act_17:1) seems to indicate that St. Paul passed through it without preaching there.
A. Souter.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
A Macedonian city, through which Paul and Silas passed, by the Ignatian Way, in journeying from Philippi (33 Roman miles distant) to Thessalonica (Act_17:1). Their not staying there may have been because there were few, if any, Jews in it: and they hastened on to Thessalonica, "where was a synagogue of Jews," affording the suitable starting point for a Christian church. It means the city (almost) surrounded by the river Strymon, three miles from its entrance into the sea. An Athenian colony. Its commercial situation, and the neighboring woods of Kerkine, and gold mines of mount Pangtens, gave it importance; also memorable in the Peloponnesian war for the battle fought at it, in which Brasidas and Cleon were killed. The site is now occupied by the village Neokhorio.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Amphip'olis. (a city surrounded by the sea). A city of Macedonia, through which Paul and Silas passed on their way from Philippi to Thessalonica. Act_17:1. It was distant 33 Roman miles from Philippi, to the southwest, and about three miles from the sea. Its site is now occupied by a village called Neokhorio; in Turkish, Jeni-Keni, or "New Town".
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
am-fip?o-lis (Ἀμφιπολίς, Amphı́polis): A town in Macedonia, situated on the eastern bank of the Strymon (modern Struma or Karasu) some three miles from its mouth, near the point where it flows out of Lake Prasias or Cercinitis. It lay on a terraced hill, protected on the North, West and South by the river, on the East by a wall (Thuc. iv.102), while its harbor-town of E?on lay on the coast close to the river's mouth. The name is derived either from its being nearly surrounded by the stream or from its being conspicuous on every side, a fact to which Thucydides draws attention (in the place cited). It was at first called Ennea Hodoi, Nine Ways, a name which suggests its importance both strategically and commercially. It guarded the main route from Thrace into Macedonia and later became an important station on the Via Egnatia, the great Roman road from Dyrrhachium on the Adriatic to the Hebrus (Maritza), and it was the center of a fertile district producing wine, oil, figs and timber in abundance and enriched by gold and silver mines and considerable manufactures, especially of woolen stuffs. In 497 bc Aristagoras, ex-despot of Miletus, tried to settle there, and a second vain attempt was made in 465-464 by the Athenians, who succeeded in founding a colony there in 437 under the leadership of Hagnon. The population, however, was too mixed to allow of strong Athenian sympathies, and in 424 the town fell away to the Spartan leader Brasidas and defied all the subsequent attempts of the Athenians to recover it. It passed under the protectorate of Perdiccas and Philip of Macedon, and the latter finally made himself master of it in 358. On the Roman partition of Macedonia after the battle of Pydna (168 bc) Amphipolis was made a free city and capital of Macedonia Prima. Paul and Silas passed through it on their way from Philippi to Thessalonica, but the narrative seems to preclude a long stay (Act_17:1). The place was called Popolia in the Middle Ages, while in modern times the village of Neochori (Turkish, Yenikeui) marks the site (Leake, Northern Greece, III, 181ff, Cousin?ry, Mac?doine, I, 100ff, 122ff; Heuzey et Daumet, Mission arch?ol. de Mac?doine, 165ff).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Amphip?olis, a city of Greece, through which Paul and Silas passed on their way from Philippi to Thessalonica (Act_17:1). It was situated on the left bank of the river Strymon just below its egress from the lake Kerkine (now Takino), and about three miles above its influx into the sea. This situation upon the banks of a navigable river, a short distance from the sea, with the vicinity of the woods of Kerkine, and the gold-mines of Mount Pangaeus, rendered Amphipolis a place of much importance, and an object of contest, between the Thracians, Athenians, Lacedaemonians, and Macedonians, to whom it successively belonged. It has long been in ruins; and a village of about one hundred houses, called Jeni-keui, now occupies part of its site.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Amphipolis
(Α᾿μφίπολις, city on both sides), a city of Macedonia, through which Paul and Silas passed on their way from Philippi to Thessalonica (Act_17:1; see Conybeare and, Howson, Life of Paul, 1, 318 sq.). It was distant 33 Roman miles from Philippi (Itin. Anton. p. 320). It was situated along the Egnatian Way, on the left bank of the river Strymon (by which it was nearly surrounded [hence its name]), just below its egress from the lake Kerkine (now Takino), and about three miles above its influx into the sea (Leake, Northern Greece, 3, 181 sq.; Cousinery, Voyage dans le Macedoine, 1, 128). This situation upon the banks of a navigable river, a short distance from the sea, with the vicinity of the woods of Kerkine and the gold-mines of Mount Pangaeus, rendered Amphipolis a place of much importance (see Kutzen, De Amphipoli, Lips. 1836), and an object of contest between the Thracians, Athenians, Lacedaemonians, and Macedonians, to whom it successively belonged (Thucyd. 1:100; 4:102 sq.; Herod. 7:117; Diod. Sic. 16:8; Appian. 4:104 sq.; Plin. 4:17; Liv. 45:29; Cellar, Notit. 1, 1053 sq.). It was a colony of the Athenians, and was memorable in the Peloponnesian war for the battle fought under its walls, in which both Brasidas and Cleon were killed (Thuc. 5,6-11). It has long been in ruins; and a village of about one hundred houses, called Neokhorio (New Town; in Turkish Jeni-keni), now occupies part of its site (Tafel, Thessalonica, p. 498 sq.). There is a miserable place near it called Emboli by the Turks, a corruption of the ancient name. It was called Popolia in the time of the Byzantine empire. (See Anthon's Class. Dict s.v.; Penny Cyclopedia, s.v.; Smith's Dict. of Class. Geogr. s.v.)
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
A. Souter.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
A Macedonian city, through which Paul and Silas passed, by the Ignatian Way, in journeying from Philippi (33 Roman miles distant) to Thessalonica (Act_17:1). Their not staying there may have been because there were few, if any, Jews in it: and they hastened on to Thessalonica, "where was a synagogue of Jews," affording the suitable starting point for a Christian church. It means the city (almost) surrounded by the river Strymon, three miles from its entrance into the sea. An Athenian colony. Its commercial situation, and the neighboring woods of Kerkine, and gold mines of mount Pangtens, gave it importance; also memorable in the Peloponnesian war for the battle fought at it, in which Brasidas and Cleon were killed. The site is now occupied by the village Neokhorio.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Amphip'olis. (a city surrounded by the sea). A city of Macedonia, through which Paul and Silas passed on their way from Philippi to Thessalonica. Act_17:1. It was distant 33 Roman miles from Philippi, to the southwest, and about three miles from the sea. Its site is now occupied by a village called Neokhorio; in Turkish, Jeni-Keni, or "New Town".
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
am-fip?o-lis (Ἀμφιπολίς, Amphı́polis): A town in Macedonia, situated on the eastern bank of the Strymon (modern Struma or Karasu) some three miles from its mouth, near the point where it flows out of Lake Prasias or Cercinitis. It lay on a terraced hill, protected on the North, West and South by the river, on the East by a wall (Thuc. iv.102), while its harbor-town of E?on lay on the coast close to the river's mouth. The name is derived either from its being nearly surrounded by the stream or from its being conspicuous on every side, a fact to which Thucydides draws attention (in the place cited). It was at first called Ennea Hodoi, Nine Ways, a name which suggests its importance both strategically and commercially. It guarded the main route from Thrace into Macedonia and later became an important station on the Via Egnatia, the great Roman road from Dyrrhachium on the Adriatic to the Hebrus (Maritza), and it was the center of a fertile district producing wine, oil, figs and timber in abundance and enriched by gold and silver mines and considerable manufactures, especially of woolen stuffs. In 497 bc Aristagoras, ex-despot of Miletus, tried to settle there, and a second vain attempt was made in 465-464 by the Athenians, who succeeded in founding a colony there in 437 under the leadership of Hagnon. The population, however, was too mixed to allow of strong Athenian sympathies, and in 424 the town fell away to the Spartan leader Brasidas and defied all the subsequent attempts of the Athenians to recover it. It passed under the protectorate of Perdiccas and Philip of Macedon, and the latter finally made himself master of it in 358. On the Roman partition of Macedonia after the battle of Pydna (168 bc) Amphipolis was made a free city and capital of Macedonia Prima. Paul and Silas passed through it on their way from Philippi to Thessalonica, but the narrative seems to preclude a long stay (Act_17:1). The place was called Popolia in the Middle Ages, while in modern times the village of Neochori (Turkish, Yenikeui) marks the site (Leake, Northern Greece, III, 181ff, Cousin?ry, Mac?doine, I, 100ff, 122ff; Heuzey et Daumet, Mission arch?ol. de Mac?doine, 165ff).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Amphip?olis, a city of Greece, through which Paul and Silas passed on their way from Philippi to Thessalonica (Act_17:1). It was situated on the left bank of the river Strymon just below its egress from the lake Kerkine (now Takino), and about three miles above its influx into the sea. This situation upon the banks of a navigable river, a short distance from the sea, with the vicinity of the woods of Kerkine, and the gold-mines of Mount Pangaeus, rendered Amphipolis a place of much importance, and an object of contest, between the Thracians, Athenians, Lacedaemonians, and Macedonians, to whom it successively belonged. It has long been in ruins; and a village of about one hundred houses, called Jeni-keui, now occupies part of its site.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Amphipolis
(Α᾿μφίπολις, city on both sides), a city of Macedonia, through which Paul and Silas passed on their way from Philippi to Thessalonica (Act_17:1; see Conybeare and, Howson, Life of Paul, 1, 318 sq.). It was distant 33 Roman miles from Philippi (Itin. Anton. p. 320). It was situated along the Egnatian Way, on the left bank of the river Strymon (by which it was nearly surrounded [hence its name]), just below its egress from the lake Kerkine (now Takino), and about three miles above its influx into the sea (Leake, Northern Greece, 3, 181 sq.; Cousinery, Voyage dans le Macedoine, 1, 128). This situation upon the banks of a navigable river, a short distance from the sea, with the vicinity of the woods of Kerkine and the gold-mines of Mount Pangaeus, rendered Amphipolis a place of much importance (see Kutzen, De Amphipoli, Lips. 1836), and an object of contest between the Thracians, Athenians, Lacedaemonians, and Macedonians, to whom it successively belonged (Thucyd. 1:100; 4:102 sq.; Herod. 7:117; Diod. Sic. 16:8; Appian. 4:104 sq.; Plin. 4:17; Liv. 45:29; Cellar, Notit. 1, 1053 sq.). It was a colony of the Athenians, and was memorable in the Peloponnesian war for the battle fought under its walls, in which both Brasidas and Cleon were killed (Thuc. 5,6-11). It has long been in ruins; and a village of about one hundred houses, called Neokhorio (New Town; in Turkish Jeni-keni), now occupies part of its site (Tafel, Thessalonica, p. 498 sq.). There is a miserable place near it called Emboli by the Turks, a corruption of the ancient name. It was called Popolia in the time of the Byzantine empire. (See Anthon's Class. Dict s.v.; Penny Cyclopedia, s.v.; Smith's Dict. of Class. Geogr. s.v.)
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
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