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ESTIEOTIS (Ancient area) THESSALIA
Hestiaeotis or Histiaeotis (Hestiaiotis, Histiaiotis), inhabited by
the Hestiaeotae (Hestiaiotai), was the northern part of Thessaly, of which the
Peneius may be described in general as its southern boundary. It occupied the
passes of Olympus, and extended westward as far as Pindus. (Plin. iv. 1; Strab.
ix. pp. 430, 437, 438.) It was the seat of the Perrhaebi (Perrhaibai), a warlike
and powerful tribe, who possessed in historical times several towns strongly situated
upon the mountains. They are mentioned by Homer (Il. ii. 749) as taking part in
the Trojan War, and were regarded as genuine Hellenes, being one of the Amphictyonic
states (Aeschin. de Fals. Leg. p. 122). The part of Hestiaeotis inhabited by them
was frequently called Perrhaebia, but it never formed a separate Thessalian province.
The Perrhaebi are said at one time to have extended south of the Peneius as far
as the lake Boebeis, but to have been driven out of this district by the mythical
race of the Lapithae. (Strab. ix. pp. 439, 440.) It is probable that at an early
period the Perrhaebi occupied the whole of Hestiaeotis, but were subsequently
driven out of the plain and confined to the mountains by the Thessalian conquerors
from Thesprotia. Strabo states that Hestiaeotis, was formerly, according to some
authorities, called Doris (ix. p. 437), and Herodotus relates that the Dorians
once dwelt in this district at the foot of Mts. Ossa and Olympus (i. 56). It is
said to have derived the name of Hestiaeotis from the district of this name in
Euboea, the inhabitants of which were transplanted to Thessaly by the Perrhaebi
(Strab. ix. p. 437); but this is an uncertified statement, probably founded alone
upon similarity of name. Homer mentions another ancient tribe in this part of
Thessaly called the Aethices, who are placed by Strabo upon the Thessalian side
of Pindus near the sources of the Peneius. They are described as a barbarous tribe,
living by plunder and robbery. (Horn. Il. ii. 744; Strab. vii. p. 327, ix. p.
434; Steph. B. s. v. Aithikia.)
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
FALORIA (Ancient city) THESSALIA
Phalore, Phaloreia, Eth. Phaloreus, Phaloreites. A town of Histiaeotis in Thessaly,
apparently between Tricca and the Macedonian frontier. Leake places it in one
of the valleys which intersect the mountains to the northward of Trikkala, either
at Sklatina or at Ardham.
SILANA (Ancient city) THESSALIA
A town in the NW. of Thessaly, near the frontiers of Athamania, mentioned along
with Gomphi and Tricca by Livy. Leake conjectures that it occupied the site of
Poliana, near which are several squared blocks of ancient workmanship.
FALORIA (Ancient city) THESSALIA
(Phaloreia). A town of Histiaeotis in Thessaly.
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