Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), T, Thermaĭcus Sinus, Thessalonīca

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Thessalonīca

（Θεσσαλονίκη). Now Saloniki; more anciently Therma (Θέρμη). An ancient city in Macedonia, situated at the northeastern extremity of the Sinus Thermaïcus. Under the name of Therma it was not a place of much importance. It was taken and occupied by the Athenians a short time before the commencement of the Peloponnesian War (B.C. 432), but was soon after restored by them to Perdiccas. It was made an important city by Cassander, who collected in this place the inhabitants of several adjacent towns (about B.C. 315), and who gave it the name of Thessalonica in honour of his wife, the daughter of Philip and sister of Alexander the Great. From this time it became a large and flourishing city. It was visited by the Apostle Paul about A.D. 53, and about two years afterwards he addressed from Corinth two epistles to his converts in the city.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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