CRESTO´NIA(Κρηστωνική: Eth. Κρηστωναῖος, Κρηστωνιήτης: Adj. Κρηστωνικός), a district of Macedonia, which adjoined Mygdonia to the N.; for the Echidorus, which flowed through Mygdonia into the gulf near the marsh of the Axius, had its sources in Crestonia. (Hdt. 7.127.) It was chiefly occupied by a remnant of Pelasgi, who spoke a different language from their neighbours. (Hdt. 1.57; comp. Thuc. 4.109.) In Thucydides (Thuc. 2.99) the name should not be written Γρηστωνία, but Κρηστωνία.Crestonia contained the town of Creston or Crestone (Κρήστων, Κρηστώνη, Steph. B.), and Gallicum ( Kilkítj), a place situated 16 M. P. from Thessalonica, on the Roman road to Stobi ( Pent. Tab. ). (Leake, North. Greece. vol. 3. p. 440.)
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