The base from which they started was Eion, their commercial seaport at the mouth of the river, not more than three miles from the present town, which Hagnon named Amphipolis, because the Strymon flows round it on two sides, and he built it so as to be conspicuous from the sea and land alike, running a long wall across from river to river, to complete the circumference.
harresi handi bat eraiki zuen ibaiaren alde bien artean eta bai itsasotik eta bai barnealdetik ongi ikusten zen hiri bat eraiki zuen.