Homilae

Coordinates: 38°45′54″N 22°24′14″E / 38.7651°N 22.4038°E / 38.7651; 22.4038 Homilae or Homilai (Ancient Greek: Ὅμιλαι) was a town in Oetaea in ancient Thessaly.[1] The town's name appears in an epigraph dated to 206/5 BCE as providing a hieromnemone to the Amphictyonic League on behalf of the Aetolians.[2]

Its site is at the modern site of Kouvelo Kastro/Kastro Orias.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑  Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Thessalia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
  2. ↑ "Syll 545 : Translation of inscription". attalus.org. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  3. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  4. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.


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