Proconnesus or Prokonnesos ( Ancient Greek : Προκ?ννησο? ), also spelt Proeconesus or Proikonnesos (Προικ?νησο?), ^[1] was a Greek town on the southwestern shore of Proconnesus island. Aristeas , the poet of the Arimaspeia, was a native. ^{[2] [3]} This town, which was a colony of the Milesians , ^[4] was burnt by a Phoenician fleet, acting under the orders of Persian king Darius I . ^[5] Strabo distinguishes between old and new Proconnesus. The inhabitants of Cyzicus , at a time which we cannot ascertain, forced the Proconnesians to dwell together with them, and transferred the statue of the goddess Dindymene to their own city. ^[6]

Under Diocletian 's edict against Manichaeism , De Maleficiis et Manichaeis , offenders were sent to labor in the mines at Proconnesus. ^[7]

Its site is located near the town of Marmara on Marmara Island , Balıkesir Province , Turkey . ^{[8] [9]}

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Smith, William , ed. (1854?1857). "Proconnesus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London: John Murray.

40°35′30″N 27°33′20″E  /  40.591686°N 27.55568°E  / 40.591686; 27.55568

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