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EFPALION (Ancient city) DORIDA
(Eupalion, Strab., Thuc.; in some edits. of Thuc. written Eupolion;
Eupalium, Liv.; Eupalia, Steph. B. s. v.; Eupalia, Plin. iv. 3. s. 4: Eth. Eupalieus).
One of the chief towns of Western Locris, situated near the sea, and
between Naupactus and Oeantheia. (Strab. ix., x.). It was the place chosen by
Demosthenes for the deposit of his plunder, in B.C. 426; and it was shortly afterwards
taken by Eurylochus, the Spartan commander, along with Oeneon. (Thuc. iii. 96,
102.) After the time of Alexander the Great, Eupalium fell into the hands of the
Aetolians; and Philip, when he made a descent upon the Aetolian coast in B.C.
207, landed at Erythrae, which is described by Livy as near Eupalium. (Liv. xxviii.
8.) This Erythrae was probably the port of Eupalium. Leake supposes Eupalium to
have stood in the plain of Marathia, opposite to the islands Trisonia or Trazonia,
where some ruins of an ancient city still exist on the eastern side of the plain,
at no great distance from the sea.
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EGITION (Ancient city) FOKIDA
Haighition. A town in Aetolia Epictetus, on the borders of Locris, situated in
the midst of mountains, about 80 stadia from the sea. Here Demosthenes was defeated
by the Aetolians, B.C. 426. Leake places it near Varnakova, where he found the
remains of an ancient; city. (Thuc. iii. 97)
ERYTHRES (Ancient city) DORIDA
Erythrae. A town of the Locri Ozolae, probably the harbour of Eupalium. (Liv. xxviii. 8; Steph. B. s.v.; Leake, Northern Greece, vol. ii. p. 618.)
IANTHIA (Ancient city) TOLOFONAS
Oeanthe (Oiantheia, Oianthe, Euanthis, Euanthia, Eth. Oiantheus: Galaxidhi),
an important town of the Locri Ozolae, situated at the western entrance of the
Crissaean gulf. Polybius says that it is opposite to Aegeira in Achaia, which
agrees with [p. 466] the situation of Galaxidhi. The Oeanthians (Oiantheis) are
mentioned among the Locri Ozolae by Thucydides. Scylax calls the town Euanthis;
and since Strabo says that Locri Epizephyrii in Italy was founded by the Locri
Ozolae, under a leader named Euanthes, it has been conjectured that Oeantheia
or Euantheia was the place where the emigrants embarked. Oeantheia appears to
have been the only maritime city in Locris remaining in the time of Pausanias,
with the exception of Naupactus. The only objects at Oeantheia mentioned by Pausanias
were a temple of Aphrodite, and one of Artemis, situated in a grove above the
town. The town is mentioned in the Tab. Peut. as situated 20 miles from Naupactus
and 15 from Anticyra. The remains of antiquity at Galaxidhi are very few. There
are some ruins of Hellenic walls; and an inscription of no importance has been
discovered there. The modern town is inhabited by an active seafaring population,
who possessed 180 ships when Ulrichs visited the place in 1837.
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INEON (Ancient city) FOKIDA
A town of the Locri Ozolae, east of Naupactus, possessing a port and
a sacred enclosure of the Nemeian Zeus, where Hesiod was said to have been killed.
It was from this place that Demosthenes set out on his expedition into Aetolia,
in B.C. 426, and to which he returned with the remnant of his forces. Leake supposes
that the territory of Oeneon was separated from that of Naupactus by the river
Morno, and that Oeneon perhaps stood at Mugula, or near the fountain Ambla.
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KALION (Village) LIDORIKI
Callium or Callipolis (Kallion, Paus. x. 22. § 6; Kallipolis, Pol.
ap. Steph. B. s. v. Korax; Liv. xxx. 31: Eth. Kallieus), the chief town of the
Callienses (hoi Kallies, Thuc. iii. 96), was situated on the eastern confines
of Aetolia, on one of the heights of Mt. Oeta, and on the road from the valley
of the Spercheus to Aetolia. It was by this road that the Gauls marched into Aetolia
in B.C. 279, when they surprised and destroyed Callium, and committed the most
horrible atrocities on the inhabitants. (Paus. x. 22.) Callium also lay on the
road from Pyra (the summit of Oeta, where Hercules was supposed to have burnt
himself) to Naupactus, and it was divided by Mt. Corax from lower Aetolia. (Liv.
xxx. 31.)
KALIPOLIS (Ancient city) DORIDA
Callipolis. Kallion, Kallipolis, Eth. Kallieus. The chief town of
the Callienses (hoi Kallies, Thuc. iii. 96), was situated on the eastern confines
of Aetolia, on one of the heights of Mt. Oeta, and on the road from the valley
of the Spercheus to Aetolia. It was by this road that the Gauls marched into Aetolia
in B.C. 279, when they surprised and destroyed Callium, and committed the most
horrible atrocities on the inhabitants. (Paus. x. 22.) Calliumn also lay on the
road from Pyra (the summit of Oeta, where Hercules was supposed to have burnt
himself) to Naupactus, and it was divided by Mt. Corax from lower Aetolia. (Liv.
xxx. 31.)
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KROKYLION (Ancient city) FOKIDA
Krokuleion. A town in Aetolia Epictetus, on the borders of Locris, and one day's
march from Potidania. (Thuc. iii. 96.) This town is confounded by Stephanus B.
with Crocyleia in Ithaca.
MORNOS (River) DORIDA
Hylaethus or Hylaetus (Hulaithos or Hulaitos), a river in Locris Ozolis, flowing
through Locris near the eastern frontier of Aetolia into the Corinthian gulf.
Leake supposes it to be the modern Morno, and to have derived its name from Hyle,
a town in Phocis mentioned by Stephanus B. (Dicaearch. 67; Steph. B. s. v. Hule;
Leake, Northern Greece, vol. ii. p. 619.)
POTIDANIA (Ancient city) DORIDA
Potidania: Eth. Potidaniates, a town in Aetolia Epictetus, on the borders of Locris, and one day's march from Oeneon. (Thuc. iii. 96; Liv. xxviii. 1; Steph. B. s. v.)
TICHION (Ancient city) DORIDA
Teichion. A town of Aetolia Epictetus, on the borders of Locris, and one day's
march from Crocyleium. (Thuc. iii. 96.)
IANTHIA (Ancient city) TOLOFONAS
(Oianthe) or Oeanthia (Oiantheia). A town of the Locri Ozolae, near the entrance of the Crissaean Gulf.
ERYTHRES (Ancient city) DORIDA
A port where Philip V's fleet landed, near Eupalion. If Eupalion is
Soules, Erythrai is at Monastiraki.
L. Lerat, 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.
IANTHIA (Ancient city) TOLOFONAS
Pausanias saw a Temple of Aphrodite here and, some distance away,
a Sacred Grove of pines and cypresses consecrated to Artemis. Long believed to
be at Galaxidi, Oianthea should more likely be placed in the town whose ruins
can be seen on the seashore S of the village of Vitrinitsa (officially, and erroneously,
Tolophon) where the well-known inscription of the "maidens of Lokris"
was found.
L. Lerat, 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.
INEON (Ancient city) FOKIDA
Probably a port, the point of departure of Demosthenes' expedition
of 426 and, after its failure, a rallying point for the survivors. It was then
captured by Eurylochos. On its outskirts there was a Sanctuary of Zeus Nemeios
where tradition has it that Hesiod was murdered. Its location is undetermined
(Magoula? or Glypha).
L. Lerat, 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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