Perinthians
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the people of Perinthus
in the texts
Answer to Philip’s Letter
People of Perinthus who recognize Philip's hostile aims.
The Perinthians and Byzantines with their allies realize that his aim is to deal with them even as he dealt with the Olynthians before.
The Histories
The inhabitants of Perinthus, first defeated by the Paeonians through a misread oracle, then conquered by the Persians.
This, then, is what the Perinthians had previously suffered at the hands of the Paeonians.
” Accordingly, the Paeonians set upon the Perinthians and won a great victory, leaving few of their enemies alive.
Those Persians whom Darius had left in Europe under the command of Megabazus, finding the Perinthians unwilling to be Darius ' subjects, subdued them before any others of the people of the Hellespont.
Hellenica
The inhabitants of Perinthus who admit the Athenian forces to their city.
And the Perinthians admitted the Athenian forces to their city, and the Selymbrians, while not admitting them, gave them money.