Pallene, Chalcidice

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Pallene, Chalcidice

For other Pallenes, see Pallene
Pallene

Pallene can refer to* Pallene , one of the seven Alkyonides, daughters of the giant Alkyoneus in Greek mythology* Pallene , a small moon of Saturn, discovered in 2004...
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Pallene (Greek

Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
: ) is the westernmost of the three headlands of Chalcidice

Chalcidice

Chalkidiki, also Halkidiki or Chalcidice, less often Khalkidiki and rarely Chalkidice , is one of the prefectures of Greece....
, which run out into the Aegean Sea

Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkans and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey respectively....
. It is said to have anciently borne the name of Phlegra and to have witnessed the conflict between the gods and the earthborn Gigantes. The modern name of the peninsula is Kassandra

Kassandra

Kassandra can refer to:*Cassandra, in Greek mythology*114 Kassandra, an asteroid*Kassandra, a book written by the East German author Christa Wolf ...
, which, besides affording excellent winter pasture for cattle and sheep, also produces an abundance of grain of superior quality, as well as wool, honey, and wax, besides raising silkworms. In antiquity, Pallene was the site of numerous towns: Sane, Mende

Mende

Mende may refer to:* Mende people* Mende language* a commune of France, Mende, Loz?re in the Loz?re d?partement in France.* a village in Pest county Hungary: Mende, Hungary...
, Scione, Therambos, Aege, Neapolis

Neapolis, Chalcidice

Neapolis meaning "New City", was an ancient city on east coast of the isthmus the Pallene, Chalcidice, Chalcidice, Greece between Aphytis and Aege....
, Aphytis, which were either wholly or partly colonies from Eretria

Eretria

Eretria was a polis in Ancient Greece, located on the western coast of the island of Euboea , south of Chalcis, facing the coast of Attica across the narrow Euboian Gulf....
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Pallene, Chalcidice

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