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Methone

A city in the domain of Philoktetes (Philoctetes).

  During the Trojan War, the Achaian (Achaean) soldiers from Methone, Meliboia (Meliboea), Olizon, and Thaumakia (Thaumacia) originally were commanded by Philoktetes, but he was bitten by a snake before reaching Troy and replaced by Medon, son of Oileus.

Methone

Methone

References:
Homer, Iliad book 2, line 716
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