Tritaea (Phocis)

Tritaea or Tritaia (Ancient Greek: Τριταία), also Tritea,[1] was a town of ancient Phocis. During the Greco-Persian Wars, the army of Xerxes I burned the town in 480 .[2] Strabo distinguishes it from the Achaean town of the same name.[3] Its location is unknown.

References

  1. ↑ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 4.3.4.
  2. ↑ Herodotus. Histories. 8.33.
  3. ↑ Strabo. Geographica. 8.7.5. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Tritaea". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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