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'''Sale''' ({{langx|grc|Σάλη}}, ''Sálē'') was a [[ancient Greek|Greek]]<ref name=Poleis>{{cite book|author= Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen |title= An inventory of archaic and classical poleis|year= 2004|publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|location=New York|isbn= 0-19-814099-1|chapter= Thrace from Nestos to Hebros|page= 880}}</ref> city located on the south coast of [[ancient Thrace]], near the west mouth of the [[Hebros|Hebrus]], and nearly equidistant from [[Zone (Thrace)|Zone]] and [[Doriscus]], thus between the [[river Nestos]] and the Hebrus.
[[Herodotus]] tells us that it was founded as a colony from [[Samothrace]].<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.59 Herodotus, Histories, §7.59]</ref> While [[Livy]] wrote that during his time the city belonged to the [[Maroneia]].<ref>[https://topostext.org/work/142#38.41 Livy, History of Rome, §38.41]</ref>
It was a member of the [[Delian League]] as its name appears in the tribute lists of [[ancient Athens|Athens]] for 422/1&nbsp;BCE.<ref name=Poleis/>
Its site is located near modern [[Alexandropolis]].<ref>{{Cite Barrington|51}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|32394}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia#Greek|Greek colonies in Thrace]]
==References==
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[[Category:Populated places in ancient Thrace]]
[[Category:Greek colonies in Thrace]]
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