Coordinates: 39°08′57″N 22°34′07″E / 39.14917°N 22.56873°E / 39.14917; 22.56873

Chalai (Thessaly)

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39°08′57″N 22°34′07″E / 39.14917°N 22.56873°E / 39.14917; 22.56873 Chalai or Chalaion was a town in Phthiotis in ancient Thessaly.[1] The town's name is not attested directly, but s extrapolated from its demonym, Χαλαῖος.[1][2] Its site has been located at a place called Tsournati,[3][4] where archaeological remains from the Archaic and Classical periods have been found.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 687. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  2. Ernst Meyer [de]: Chalai.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Supplementband XII, Stuttgart 1970, col. 148.
  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.