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ΓΟΜΦΟΙ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΤΡΙΚΑΛΑ
Gomphoi (Strab. ix. p. 437; Steph. B. s. v.): Eth. Gomphos, Gompheus,
Gomphensis. A town of Histiaeotis in Thessaly, situated upon a tributary of the
Peneius, and near the frontiers of Athamania and Dolopia. Its position made it
a place of historical importance, since it guarded two of the chief passes into
the Thessalian plains: that of Musaki, distant two miles, which was the exit from
Dolopia, and the pass of Portes, at a distance of four miles, which led into Athamania,
and through that province to Ambracia. In the war against Philip, Amynander, king
of the Athamanes, in co-operation with the Roman consul Flamininus, having descended
from the latter pass ( Fauces angustae, quae ab Athamania Thessaliam dirimunt
), first took Pheca, a town lying between the pass and Gomphi, and then Gomphi
itself, B.C. 198. The possession of this place was of great importance to Flamininus,
since it secured him a communication with the Ambracian gulf, from which he derived
his supplies. The route from Gomphi to Ambracia is described by Livy as very short
but extremely difficult. The capture of Gomphi was followed by the surrender of
the towns named Argenta, Pherinum, Thimarum, Lisinae, Stimo, and Lampsus, the
position of which is quite uncertain. (Liv. xxxii. 14, 15.) When Athamania revolted
from Philip in B.C. 189, he marched into their country by the above-mentioned
pass, but was obliged to retire with heavy loss. (Liv. xxxviii. 2.) There can
be no doubt that it was by the same route that the Roman consul Q. Marcius Philippus
marched from Ambracia into Thessaly in B.C. 169. (Liv. xliv. 1.) In the campaign
between Caesar and Pompey in B.C. 48, the inhabitants of Gomphi, having heard
of Caesar's repulse at Dyrrhachium, shut their gates against him, when he arrived
at the place from Aeginium; but he took the place by assault in a few hours. Caesar,
in his account of these events, describes Gomphi as the first town in Thessaly
to those coming from Epirus. (Caes. B.C. iii. 80; Appian, B.C. ii. 64; Dion Cass.
xli. 51.)
The Greek geographer Meletius placed Gomphi at Stages, but, from an
inscription found at Stagus, it is clear that this is the site of Aeginium. Leake,
however, has shown that Gomphi is represented by Episkopi, which is the name of
an uncultivated height lying along the left bank of the Bliuri at a distance of
two or three miles from the mountains. On this height there are still some remains
of the ancient town. The modern name is owing to the fact of Gomphi having been
a bishopric in later times. Leake places Pheca at a small village called Bletzi,
midway between the hill of Episkcopi and the pass of Portes.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
(Gomphoi). A town in Hestiaeotis in Thessaly, a strong fortress on the confines of Epirus, commanding the chief pass between Thessaly and Epirus.
One of the principal cities of the region and an important site in military history, Gomphoi lies 2 km NE of the modern village of Muzaki and about 15 km SW of Trikkala. It guarded the route to the Pindos and was used as a rallying point by Philip V of Macedon. The principal cult was that of Dionysos Karpios, but inscriptions also mention Zeus Palamnios. The walls are the principal architectural remains on the triangular acropolis, which is hollowed out on one side like a natural theater.
M. H. Mc Allister, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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