page_title: Ancient Methone
hierarchical_section_title: Ancient Methone
caption_attribution_description: English: MACEDON, Methone. 5th century BC
context_page_description: Ancient Methone, also called Thracian or Macedonian Methone to distinguish it from Messenian Methone was a Polis in Ancient Greece, near the city of Pydna and the modern village of Nea Agathoupolis in Pieria. According to Plutarch, Methone was founded as a Greek colony in the year 733/732 BC. Methone gained special importance by the finding of labeled pottery and potsherds. It is one of the oldest testimonies of Greek writing and an important place in the history of Pieria.
context_section_description: Ancient Methone (Greek: Μεθώνη), also called Thracian or Macedonian Methone to distinguish it from Messenian Methone was a Polis in Ancient Greece, near the city of Pydna and the modern village of Nea Agathoupolis in Pieria. According to Plutarch, Methone was founded as a Greek colony in the year 733/732 BC. Methone gained special importance by the finding of labeled pottery and potsherds. It is one of the oldest testimonies of Greek writing and an important place in the history of Pieria.
caption: Coinage of Ancient Methone. 5th century BC
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