An ancient settlement in Macedonian Pieria on a hilltop named Koryphi, near modern Nea Agathoupolis in the Pydna-Kalindros municipality in Pieria, Greece. The site was occupied from the Late Neolithic period (ca. 4000 BCE) through 354 BCE, when it was destroyed by the armies of Philip II. It was succeeded by a new settlement approximately 1km to the northwest; known as Macedonian Methone, this later settlement was occupied in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
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Ancient Methone is located in Νέα Αγαθούπολη, Π.Ε. Πιερίας, Greece. Coordinates: 40.46748, 22.58265.
An ancient settlement in Macedonian Pieria on a hilltop named Koryphi, near modern Nea Agathoupolis in the Pydna-Kalindros municipality in Pieria, Greece. The site was occupied from the Late Neolithic period (ca. 4000 BCE) through 354 BCE,
You can navigate to Ancient Methone via Google Maps or Apple Maps using the coordinates 40.46748, 22.58265.
In antiquity it was known as “Μεθώνη”, attested in 51 ancient texts.