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🌍 Neleia (Thessaly)

  • Roller, commenting on Strabo 9.5.15, notes that the existence of this city cannot be guaranteed. It is possible that it was conjectured on the basis of local references to an "Aphrodite Neleia", but this epithet would likely have reflected the presence of hero cult to Neleus rather than a local toponym (p. 570).
  • Information
    unlocatable city later incorporated into Demetrias
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/543803
    Somewhere Near
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    Ruled by
    👤 Eumelos (Pheraian)
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    Mentioned by
    📖 Strabo 9.5.15
    Mentioned in Text
    Strabo
    Commentary
    Roller, commenting on Strabo 9.5.15, notes that the existence of this city cannot be guaranteed. It is possible that it was conjectured on the basis of local references to an "Aphrodite Neleia", but this epithet would likely have reflected the presence of hero cult to Neleus rather than a local toponym (p. 570).
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