For the modern municipality, see Anthemountas

Anthemountas

Anthemountas is a former municipality in Chalkidiki, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Polygyros, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 4,540 . The seat of the municipality was in Galatista....

Anthemous or Anthemus (Greek:) was a district, lake and a city of ancient Macedon

Macedon

Macedonia or Macedon was an ancient kingdom, centered in the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, the region of Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south....

ia, lying to the southwest of Mygdonia. The area is first mentioned when Amyntas I of Macedon

Amyntas I of Macedon

Amyntas I was a king of Macedon. He was a son of Alcetas I of Macedon and his queen. He married a woman called Eurydice and had a son Alexander....

 offered it to Hippias, son of Athenian tyrant Pisistratus. Hippias refused it and Iolcos

Iolcos

Iolcos is an ancient city, a modern village and a former municipality in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Volos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located in central Magnesia, north of the Pagasitic Gulf. Its land area is only...

 as well, the Thessalian offer, as Amyntas probably did not possess Anthemous at that time, but was merely suggesting a plan of joint occupation to Hippias.

Peroidas

Peroidas

Peroidas or Peroedas , son of Menestheus, was hipparch of the ile of Hetairoi from Anthemus from the beginning of the campaign of Alexander the Great...

 commanded the cavalry squadron of Hetairoi from Anthemous in the campaign of Alexander.