Methone (Thessaly)

Methone (Ancient Greek: Μεθώνη, Methṓnē) was an ancient Greek city-state^[1] on the Pagasetic Gulf of Magnesia in ancient Thessaly.^[2][3][4][5] The town is mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad as belonging to Philoctetes.^[6] It is also mentioned in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax as a city in Magnesia, together with Iolcus, Coracae, Spalauthra and Olizon.^[7]

Map showing ancient Thessaly. Methone is shown to the far right on the Pagasetic Gulf.

Some accept that the town's location is on a hill called Nevestiki (39°19′54″N 23°03′10″E), near the current village of Ano Lechonia,^[8][9] where remains of a fortification have been found, but that location has been suggested by others as the site of Coracae.^[10]