Semystra (Ancient Greek:Σημύστρα) was a town ofancient Thrace.[1]Dionysius of Byzantium wrote that there was an altar of thenymphSemystra there, whence the name of the town. Semystra nurtured theKeroessa, who was the daughter ofIo andZeus.[2][3]Dionysius added that Semystra nearly became a big city during theGreek colonization, since the leaders of the colonization tried to found the city, but during the sacrifices, a crow snatched one of the thighs from the middle of the flames and carried it to the Bosporion promontory. The rest of the Greeks saw this as a sign fromApollo and went to the spot were the crow left the thigh.[2][3]
Its site is located at the head of theGolden Horn inEuropean Turkey.[1][4]
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