38°49′11″N 22°25′22″E / 38.819718°N 22.422726°E / 38.819718; 22.422726 Sosthenis (Ancient Greek: Σωσθενίς) was a town in Oetaea in ancient Thessaly.[1] The town's name appears in an epigraph dated to c. 272-260 BCE, as providing a treasurer on behalf of the Aetolians in making an alliance with the Acarnanians.[2]

Modern scholars tentatively locate Sosthenis at the modern site of Vardates.[3][4]

References edit

  1. ^   Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Thessalia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
  2. ^ "IG IX,12 1:3 - PHI Greek Inscriptions". epigraphy.packhum.org. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.