Elateia (Thessaly)

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.

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.

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