Elateia (Thessaly)
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Map showing ancient Thessaly. Elateia is shown to the upper centre.
Elateia or Elatia (Ancient Greek: Ἐλάτεια) was a town in Pelasgiotis in ancient Thessaly, described by Livy, along with Gonnus, as situated in the pass leading to the Vale of Tempe.[1] Elateia is called Iletia by Pliny the Elder,[2] and Iletium or Iletion (Ἰλέτιον) by Ptolemy.[3] It is mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium under its right name.[4]
Its site in unlocated.
References
- ↑ "Utraque oppida in faucibus sunt, quae Tempe adeunt: magis Gonnus," Livy. Ab Urbe Condita Libri (History of Rome). 42.54.
- ↑ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 4.8.15.
- ↑ Ptolemy. The Geography. 3.13.42.
- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v. Ἐλάτεια.
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