Proconnesus
place · 2 works · 4 mentions · 4 anchored passages
in the texts
Hellenica
An island in the Propontis used repeatedly as a staging point and destination for the Athenian fleet.
From Proconnesus the Athenians sailed on the next day against Cyzicus;
When the winter ended and spring began,—Pantacles being now ephor and Antigenes archon, and the war having continued for twenty-two years—the Athenians sailed with their entire force to Proconnesus.
There Alcibiades remained for twenty days, and after obtaining a great deal of money from the Cyzicenes, but without doing any further harm in the city, sailed back to Proconnesus.
On the Crown
Place preserved through Demosthenes' measures.
to preserve places already at our disposal, such as Proconnesus, Chersonesus, Tenedos, by sending succor to them and by suitable speeches and resolutions;