Olynthus is an ancient city in present-day Chalcidice, Greece. It was built mostly on two flat-topped hills 30–40m in height, in a fertile plain at the head of the Gulf of Torone, near the neck of the
Bouleuterion of ancient Olynthus
Remains of the Neolithic settlement on the South Hill at Olynthus, as seen from the nearby river Resetnikia
Olynthian floor mosaic from the andron of House A vi 3, depicting the mythical hero Bellerophon on Pegasus fighting the Chimera
A view of the modern city of Nea Olynthus as seen from the ruins of ancient Olynthus
Philip II of Macedon was the king of Macedon from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC. The rise of Macedon, from a kingdom initially at the periphery of classical Greek affairs, to a power that came to d
Olynthus
…just before the Peloponnesian War to the time the city was destroyed in the Social War. The city flourished between 432 BCE and its destruction by Philip II of Macedon in 348 BCE. It was finally abandoned in 316 BCE. Excavations were conducted across four seasons, spanning from 1928 to 1938. Artefacts found during the…
Bust of Philip II, Roman copy from a Greek original, from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
Coin of the western Odrysian king Cetriporis, who was subjugated by Philip in the late 350s
Golden coin featuring a beardless portrait of Philip dated to the reign of his son Alexander, to whom he shows a remarkable resemblance, as well as to the god Apollo.
Statue of Philip II, 350–400 AD. Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier