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CHIMARA (Ancient city) ALBANIA
Chimaera (Chimaira: Khimara), a town of Epeirus in the district Chaonia,
now gives its name to the Acroceraunian mountains, at the foot of which it stands.
At Khimara may be seen several pieces of Hellenic work, which serve as foundations
to some of the modern houses. (Plin. iv. 1; Procop. de Aedif. iv. 4; Leake, Northern
Greece, vol. i. pp. 7, 82, 89, seq.)
The name survives from ancient times through a bishopric of Chimara. The village, situated in a strong position on the lip of a gorge, is set among the ruined fortifications of the ancient city, which was the capital of the Chaonians of this rocky, steep coast. A small plain below Chimera has an exposed beach, and the place was famous for its so-called royal spring of fresh water (Plin. HN 4.1.4). It was a place of refuge for shipping on the very dangerous Ceraunian coast.
N.G.L. Hammond, 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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