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The first town of the Macedonian kingdom reached after going S through
the Kirli Derven pass into Lynkos. In 524 B.C. the Spartan leader Brasidas, abandoned
by his Macedonian ally, reached Arnissa after a long day that ended with the storming
of the pass (Thuc. 4.128.3). An important Classical site can probably be identified
with Arnissa just E of the S end of the pass, N of the village of Petres and near
its lake. Rectangular foundations, possibly of a defense wall, are visible; several
inscriptions and numerous small objects have been found. There have been no excavations.
Arnissa was still of some importance in Late Roman times, and appears,
misnamed as Larissa, in the Synekdemos of Hierokles (638.11). The village of Ostrovo,
at the head of Lake Ostrovo, has been officially renamed Arnissa, but this cannot
be correct, since it is based on misidentification of the pass into Lynkos. No
ancient name can convincingly be associated with the remains at Ostrovo.
P. A. Mackay, 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.
nbsp; Arnissa (Arnissa), a town of Macedonia in the province Eordaea, probably in the vale of O' strovo, at the entrance of the pass over the mountains which separated Lyncestis from Eordaea. (Thuc. iv. 108 ; Leake, Northern Greece, vol. iii. p. 315, seq.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited July 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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