Pallene, Chalcidice

Pallene, Chalcidice

:"for other Pallenes, see Pallene"

Pallene (Greek: polytonic|Παλλήνη) is the westernmost of the three headlands of Chalcidice, which run out into the Aegean Sea. It is said to have anciently borne the name of Phlegra (polytonic|Φλέγρα, Herod. vii. 123), and to have witnessed the conflict between the gods and the earthborn Gigantes. (Pind. "Nem." i. 100, "Isthm." vi. 48; Apollod. i. 6. § 1; Lycophr. 1408; Strabo vii. p. 330; Steph. B. "s. v.") The modern name of the peninsula is Kassandra, which, besides affording excellent winter pasture for cattle and sheep, also produces an abundance of grain of superior quality, as well as wool, honey, and wax, besides raising silkworms. (Leake, "Northern Greece", vol. iii. p. 163.) In antiquity, Pallene was the site of numerous towns: Sane, Mende, Scione, Therambos, Aege, Neapolis, Aphytis, which were either wholly or partly colonies from Eretria.

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