Phalara

Map showing ancient Thessaly. Phalara is shown to the centre bottom on the Malian Gulf.

Coordinates: 38°54′46″N 22°36′26″E / 38.9129°N 22.6073°E / 38.9129; 22.6073 Phalara (Ancient Greek: τὰ Φάλαρα)[1] was a city in Malis in ancient Thessaly that functioned as the port of Lamia. It is located at the modern town of Stylida.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Strabo. Geographica. ix. p. 435. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.
  3. ↑ Richard Stillwell, William L. MacDonald, Marian Holland McAllister, Stillwell, Richard, MacDonald, William L., McAlister, Marian Holland, eds. (1976). "Phalara". The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press.
  4. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.


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