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APOLLONIA (Ancient city) THESSALONIKI
Eth. Apolloniates, Apolloniates, Apollinas,-atis, Apolloniensis (Pollina),
a town of Mygdonia in Macedonia, S. of the lake Bolbe (Athen. viii. p. 334, e.),
and N. of the Chalcidian mountains, on the road from Thessalonica to Amphipolis,
as we learn from the Acts of the Apostles (xvii. 1) and the Itineraries. (Anton.
Itin. pp. 320, 330; Itin. Hierosol. p. 605; Tab. Peuting.) Pliny (iv. 10. s. 17.
§ 38) mentions this Apollonia.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
LITI (Ancient city) THESSALONIKI
Eth. Letaios. A town of Macedonia, which Stephanus B. asserts to have been the
native city of Nearchus, the admiral of Alexander the Great; but in this he is
certainly mistaken, as Nearchus was a Cretan.
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