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The '''Gallikos''' (Γαλλικός), or '''Galliko''' river anciently known as the '''Echidorus''' (Ἐχείδωρος<ref>Scyl. p. 26</ref>; Ἐχέδωρος<ref>Ptol. 3.13.4</ref>), '''Cheidorus'''<ref>[[Herodotus]], ''Histories'', 7.124.1; 7.127.2; http://perseus.uchicago.edu/perseus-cgi/citequery3.pl?dbname=GreekFeb2011&getid=1&query=Hdt.%207.126.1</ref> that exists within the western bounds of the modern city of [[Thessalonica]] before one reaches the larger and parallel [[Vardar (river)|Vardar river]]. | The '''Gallikos''' (Γαλλικός), or '''Galliko''' river anciently known as the '''Echidorus''' (Ἐχείδωρος<ref>Scyl. p. 26</ref>; Ἐχέδωρος<ref>Ptol. 3.13.4</ref>), '''Cheidorus'''<ref>[[Herodotus]], ''Histories'', 7.124.1; 7.127.2; http://perseus.uchicago.edu/perseus-cgi/citequery3.pl?dbname=GreekFeb2011&getid=1&query=Hdt.%207.126.1</ref> that exists within the western bounds of the modern city of [[Thessalonica]] before one reaches the larger and parallel [[Vardar (river)|Vardar river]]. | ||
| − | The name ''Gall-ikos'' also indicates the presence of [[Celt|Celts]] as ''Gall'' is the equivalent Greek word for the Latin ''Gaul'' and English ''Celt''. | + | The name ''Gall-ikos'' also indicates the presence of [[Celt|Celts]] as ''Gall'' is the equivalent Greek word for the Latin ''Gaul'' and English ''Celt'; who [[Herodotus]] claimed inhabited from this point back to the [[Bosporus]] and [[Hellespont]], being the then Thracians.<ref>[[Herodotus]], ''Histories'', 5.3.1-5.9.1</ref> |
Revision as of 19:30, December 18, 2020
The Gallikos (Γαλλικός), or Galliko river anciently known as the Echidorus (Ἐχείδωρος[1]; Ἐχέδωρος[2]), Cheidorus[3] that exists within the western bounds of the modern city of Thessalonica before one reaches the larger and parallel Vardar river.
The name Gall-ikos also indicates the presence of Celts as Gall is the equivalent Greek word for the Latin Gaul and English Celt'; who Herodotus claimed inhabited from this point back to the Bosporus and Hellespont, being the then Thracians.[4]