Epidamnus
place · 2 works · 6 mentions · 9 anchored passages
Epidamnuis
in the texts
History of the Peloponnesian War
A colony on the Ionian Gulf founded jointly by Corcyra and Corinth, whose internal strife and siege by Corcyra become the immediate occasion for war between Corcyra and Corinth.
In process of time, the city of Epidamnus became great and populous;
Epidamnuis is a, city situated on the right hand as you sail into the Ionian Gulf;
But when they did not obey them, the Corcyraeans proceeded (the place being an isthmus) to besiege the city.
The Rights of War and Peace
City cited as the destination of a Corinthian colony.
The same writer, speaking of the second colony sent by the Corinthians to Epidamnus, says, “they gave public notice that such as were willing to go should enjoy equal privileges with those that staid at home.
So that the Corcyraeans, when going to besiege Epidamnus, gave leave to all strangers to withdraw, denouncing that they would otherwise be treated as enemies.
Thus Thucydides speaks of the prisoners taken at Epidamnus, and killed by the Corcyraeans, and Hannibal is reported to have massacred five thousand prisoners at once.