Akanthos was founded by colonists from Andros in the Archaic period. In 490 and 480 the city supported the Persians of Xerxes.
- Gustav Hirschfeld: sv. Akanthos 1. in: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Band I,1, Stuttgart 1893
- S. G. Miller: Akanthos. Chalkidike, Greece. In: Richard Stillwell u. a. (eds.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976
- http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/artifact?object=Site&name=Akanthos&redirect=true