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Scione

Historical Location
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

City in Pallene (Chalcidice), destroyed by Athens for revolting during the Peloponnesian War

Detailed Definition
Scione’s brutal fate—men killed, women enslaved—exemplifies Athenian imperial severity. Poets use Scione to explore the ethics of punishment, the cost of rebellion, and the silence of erased communities in the historical record.
Example
Example in poetry:
A Greek historian names Scione as Pallene city punished by Athens for revolt; In a modern lyric, Scione symbolizes small communities crushed by imperial justice; A minimalist verse reduces Scione to Toronean gulf and olive press; A historical meditation imagines Scionean exiles founding new towns; A post-archaeological poem questions Scione’s erased voice.
Additional Notes
Scione in Pallene revolted against Athens during the Peloponnesian War and was destroyed as an example; Thucydides’ account highlights Athenian ruthlessness—useful for analyzing how exemplary punishment functions in political poetry and historiography.
Also Known As
Chalcidian colony Peloponnesian revolt Spartan ally
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