See Also: Abdera(encyclopedia)

Abdera (sh)




City of ancient Thrace on the Aegean Sea nearly opposite Thasos.

First settled in the 7th century BC, it was colonized a second time งใ 540 BC. A prosperous member of the Delian League, it was crippled in the 4th century BC by Thracian invasions. It was the home of Democritus and Protagoras.