Alopeconnesus or Alopekonnesos (, "fox island") was an ancient GreekAn Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, Index city located on the western coast of ancient Thrace, located in the region of the Thracian Chersonesus. It was an Aeolian colony, and was believed to have derived its name from the fact that the settlers were directed by an oracle to establish the colony, where they should first meet a fox with its cub.Scymnus, 29; In the time of the Macedonian ascendancy, it was allied with, and under the protection of Athens.Demosthenes, de Coron. p. 256c. Aristocr. p. 675. Coinage of Alopeconnesus has survived.Thrace, Alopeconnesus – Ancient Greek Coins. Wildwinds. Accessed: 18 December 2022
It was a member of the Delian League.Athenian Tribute Lists
The Platonic philosopher, Menaechmus () was from Alopeconnesus or Prokonnesos.Suda Encyclopedia, § mu.140
Its site has been located on Anafarta Liman.
See also Greek colonies in Thrace
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