Chrysondyon

Chrysondyon (Ancient Greek: Χρυσονδύων^[1]) was an ancient town in the southern Illyrian region of Dassaretia, mentioned by Polybius in the 2nd century BC in the accounts of the Illyrian Wars and Macedonian Wars.^[2][3][4][5] The location of the ancient town is still unknown.^[4] It was probably situated between Lychnidus and Antipatrea.^[6]

Along with Antipatrea, Gertous and Creonion, Chrysondyon was one of the Dassaretan towns (also described as castella) around which the Illyrian dynast Skerdilaidas and the Macedonian king Philip V fought in 217 BC.^[2][5] The settlement of Chrysondyon was evidently walled.^[5]

See also

• List of settlements in Illyria