Medma or Mesma, was an ancient Greek city of Southern Italy, on the west coast of the Bruttian (now Calabrian) peninsula, between Hipponium and the mouth of the Metaurus (Strab. vi. p. 256; Scyl. p. 4. § 12.). It was a colony founded by the Epizephyrian Locrians, and is said to have derived its name from an adjoining fountain (Strab. l. c. ; Scymn. Ch. 308; Steph. B. s. v.).

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  • Medma or Mesma, was an ancient Greek city of Southern Italy, on the west coast of the Bruttian (now Calabrian) peninsula, between Hipponium and the mouth of the Metaurus (Strab. vi. p. 256; Scyl. p. 4. § 12.). It was a colony founded by the Epizephyrian Locrians, and is said to have derived its name from an adjoining fountain (Strab. l. c. ; Scymn. Ch. 308; Steph. B. s. v.). But though it is repeatedly noticed among the Greek cities in this part of Italy, it does not appear ever to have attained to any great power or importance. It is probable, however, that the Medimnaeans (Μεδιμναῖοι), who are noticed by Diodorus as contributing a body of colonists to the repeopling of Messana by Dionysius in 396 BCE, are no other than the Medmaeans, and that we should read Μεδμαῖοι in the passage in question (Diod. xiv. 78.). Though never a very conspicuous place, Medma seems to have survived the fall of many other more important cities of Magna Graecia, and it is noticed as a still existing town both by Strabo and Pliny the Elder (Strab. l. c. ; Plin. iii. 5. s. 10.). But the name is not found in Ptolemy, and all subsequent trace of it disappears. It appears from Strabo that the town itself was situated a little inland, and that it had a port or emporium on the seashore. The site is located at Rosarno, Province of Reggio Calabria, Calabria. The name of Mesima is still borne by a river which flows into the sea a little below Nicotera, in the neighbourhood. Nicotera, the name of which is already found in the Antonine Itinerary (pp. 106, 111), probably arose after the decline of Mesma.
  • Medma o Mesma (Μέδμη o Μέδμα o Μέσμα) fou una ciutat grega del sud d'Itàlia a la península de Bruttium, entre Hipponion i la desembocadura del Metaure. Fou colònia de Locres Epizefiris. El seu nom derivada suposadament d'una font del terme. Probablement un cos de colons de la ciutat va anar a Messana per la repoblació de la ciutat el 396 aC, en temps de Dionís el vell de Siracusa. Encara es esmentada per Estrabó i Plini el Vell, però Claudi Ptolemeu ja no l'esmenta i va desaparèixer durant l'Imperi en circumstancies desconegudes Era a la vora de la moderna Mesima i de Nicotera. Aquesta darrera ciutat probablement va sorgir de la ruïna de Mesma.
  • Medma o Mesma, è una antica città magno-greca del sud Italia, sulla costa occidentale della penisola bruzia, tra Hipponion (anche Hipponium) e la foce del Metauros (Strab. vi. p. 256; Scil. p. 4. § 12.).
  • Medma - kolonia Lokrów na południu Italii. Założona około roku 575 p.n.e.
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  • Medma or Mesma, was an ancient Greek city of Southern Italy, on the west coast of the Bruttian (now Calabrian) peninsula, between Hipponium and the mouth of the Metaurus (Strab. vi. p. 256; Scyl. p. 4. § 12.). It was a colony founded by the Epizephyrian Locrians, and is said to have derived its name from an adjoining fountain (Strab. l. c. ; Scymn. Ch. 308; Steph. B. s. v.).
  • Medma o Mesma (Μέδμη o Μέδμα o Μέσμα) fou una ciutat grega del sud d'Itàlia a la península de Bruttium, entre Hipponion i la desembocadura del Metaure. Fou colònia de Locres Epizefiris. El seu nom derivada suposadament d'una font del terme. Probablement un cos de colons de la ciutat va anar a Messana per la repoblació de la ciutat el 396 aC, en temps de Dionís el vell de Siracusa.
  • Medma o Mesma, è una antica città magno-greca del sud Italia, sulla costa occidentale della penisola bruzia, tra Hipponion (anche Hipponium) e la foce del Metauros (Strab. vi. p. 256; Scil. p. 4. § 12.).
  • Medma - kolonia Lokrów na południu Italii. Założona około roku 575 p.n.e.
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