Abdera

Abdera (ăbdē`rə) or Avdira (ävdē`rä), town, NE Greece, in Thrace, near the mouth of the Mesta River. It is a small agricultural settlement. Founded (c.650 B.C.) by colonists from Clazomenae, it was destroyed by the Thracians (c.550 B.C.) and rebuilt (c.500 B.C.) by refugees from Teos. The town passed to Macedon in 352 B.C. and in 198 B.C. became a free city under Roman rule. The term Abderite was used by the ancient Greeks as a synonym for stupid. However, the philosophers Protagoras, Leucippus, and Democritus lived there.

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Abdera

City of ancient Thrace on the Aegean Sea nearly opposite Thasos. First settled in the 7th century BC, it was colonized a second time c. 540 BC. A prosperous member of the Delian League, it was crippled in the 4th century BC by Thracian invasions. It was the home of Democritus and Protagoras.

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Abdera

maritime city whose inhabitants were known proverbially for their stupidity. [Gk. Folklore: Benét, 2]

See : Stupidity