Elateia (Epirus)
Coordinates: 39°09′48″N 20°42′56″E / 39.1632°N 20.7155°E
Elateia or Elatia (Greek: Ἐλάτεια),[1] also Elatreia or Elatria (Ἐλατρία),[2] was a town of the Cassopaei in Thesprotia, in ancient Epirus, mentioned by Strabo, along with Batiae and Pandosia. It is said to have been a colony of Elis (in the Peloponnese, Greece).[2][3]
Its location is believed to be at the foot of , north of the modern village of Paliorophoro. This site was settled from prehistoric times. Archaeologists suggest that the settlement was fortified with a polygonal wall of 1,690 metres (5,540 feet) in circumference, which enclosed an area corresponding to a population of about 3,800.[4]
References[]
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
- ^ a b Strabo. Geographica. viii. p. 324. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ see also Livy. Ab Urbe Condita Libri (History of Rome). 34.25.
- ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 344. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Elateia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
See also[]
- Populated places in ancient Epirus
- Greek colonies
- Former populated places in Greece
- Elean colonies
- Ancient Greece geography stubs