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AZORON (Ancient city) ELASSONA
Azoros, Azorion (Ptol. iii. 13. § 42): Eth. Azorites. A town in Perrhaebia in
Thessaly situated at the foot of Mount Olympus. Azorus, with the two neighbouring
towns of Pythium and Doliche, formed a Tripolis. (Liv. xlii. 53, xliv. 2.) There
was also a town of the name of Azoras in Pelagonia in Macedonia. (Strab. vii.)
CHYRETIES (Ancient city) ELASSONA
Cyretiae (Churetiai, Ptol. iii. 13. § 44: Eth. Kuretieus, Kuretiaios,
Inscr., Cyretiensis), a town of Perrhaebia in Thessaly, frequently mentioned in
the Roman wars in Greece. It was plundered by the Aetolians, B.C. 200 (Liv. xxxi.
41), was taken by Antiochus, B.C. 191, but recovered by M. Baebius and Philip
in the same year (xxxvi. 10, 13), and was occupied by Perseus in B.C. 171 (xlii.
53). It was situated upon a small tributary of the Titaresius at the modern village
of Dheminiko. Its acropolis occupied the hill, on which now stands the church
of St. George, where Leake found several inscriptions, among which is a public
letter in Greek, addressed to the Tagi (magistrates) and city of the Cyretienses
by T. Quinctius Flamininus, when he commanded the Roman armies in Greece. (Leake,
Northern Greece, vol. iv. p. 304.)
EGINION (Ancient city) THESSALIA
Aighinion: Eth. Aiginiens, Aiytvtmes, Aeginiensis: Stagus, a town
of the Tymphaei in Thessaly, is described by Livy as a place of great strength
and nearly impregnable (Liv. xxxii. 15). It is frequently mentioned in the Roman
wars in Greece. It was given up to plunder by L. Aemilius Paulus for having refused
to open its gates after the battle of Pydna. It was here that Caesar in his march
from Apollonia effected a junction with Domitius. It occupied the site of the
modern Stagus, a town at a short distance from the Peneus. At this place Leake
found an inscription, in which Aeginium is mentioned. Its situation, fortified
on two sides by perpendicular rocks, accords with Livy's account of its position.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited May 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
OLOSSON (Ancient city) THESSALIA
Eth. Oloossonios. A town of Perrhaebia in Thessaly, mentioned by Homer,
who gives to it the epithet of white, from its white argillaceous soil. In Procopius
the name occurs in the corrupt form of Lossonus. It is now called Elassona, and
is a place of some importance. It is situated on the edge of a plain near Tempe,
and at the foot of a hill, on which there is a large ancient monastery, defended
on either side by a deep ravine. The ancient town, or at least the citadel, stood
upon this hill, and there are a few fragments of ancient walls, and some foundations
behind and around the monastery.
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
ADICHASSIA (Municipality) ELASSONA
SARANTAPORO (Municipality) ELASSONA
EGINION (Ancient city) THESSALIA
A town on the border between Thessaly and Epeiros; according to Strabo,
it belonged to the Tymphaei. It appears several times in Livy's account of the
Macedonian War, where it is described as secure and almost impregnable; it was
destroyed by the Romans in 167 B.C. Subsequently, in the Civil Wars, Caesar joined
Domitius Calvinus there before marching on Pompey at Pharsalus. The ancient town
has been identified with Kalabaka, where there are no ancient remains; the literary
sources are more easily reconciled with the Rock of the Goat N of the modern village
of Nea Koutsoufliani. This small site is surrounded by cliffs, and retains traces
of a tower and rubble walls faced with squared stone blocks. A modern road to
the E of the acropolis has cut through a group of pithos and cist burials.
M. H. Mcallister, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Oct 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
OLOSSON (Ancient city) THESSALIA
Chief city of Perrhaebia (Strab. 9.439f), identified with modern Elassona.
Located at the N end of a small (5 km N-S, 10 km E-W) isolated plain N of the
E Thessalian plain, it is on a crossroad where roads from W and E Macedonia (via
the Bouloustana or Sarandaporou pass, and the Stena Petras), from the W Thessalian
plain, and from Larissa in the E plain join. It appears in the Iliad (2.739 white
Olosson), probably issued Perrhaebian coinage 480-400 and 196-146 B.C. It apparently
played a negligible role in history.
The ancient acropolis was a steep-sided, white clay hill flanked by
the deep ravines of the Elassonitikos (ancient Titaresios) and a tributary (Kouradhiaris).
On the acropolis is a monastery of the Panaghia Olympiotissa. Some traces of isodomic
ancient walls remain N of the monastery, and blocks and inscriptions are built
into it. The ancient lower city was in the plain on the right bank of the Titaresios,
but only very slight (1924) traces of the city walls remain. Ancient graves have
been found on the left bank. Some 4th c. B.C. statuary and Roman grave reliefs
have come from the city and its plain. There is a small archaeological collection
in Elassona.
T. S. Mackay, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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