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1. Byzantium

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   Foundation and Early Greek Period
   According to tradition, Byzantium was founded around 667 BCE by Greek colonists from Megara. The oracle at Delphi reportedly advised them to settle opposite the "City of the Blind" ($\text{A}\nu\tau\acute{\iota}\pi\acute{\epsilon}\rho\alpha\ \tau\tilde{\omega}\nu\ \tau\cup\varphi\lambda\tilde{\omega}\nu$), a reference to the earlier, less strategically sound settlement of Chalcedon on the Asian shore. The city was dedicated to the god Byzas, the purported leader of the Megarian expedition.
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