38°45′54″N 22°24′14″E / 38.7651°N 22.4038°E Homilae or Homilai (Ancient Greek: Ὅμιλαι) was a town in Oetaea in ancient Thessaly.[1] The town's name appears in an epigraph dated to 206/5 BCE as providing a hieromnemone to the Amphictyonic League on behalf of the Aetolians.[2]
Its site is at the modern site of Kouvelo Kastro/Kastro Orias.[3][4]
References edit
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Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Thessalia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- ^ "Syll 545 : Translation of inscription". attalus.org. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
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