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Chalai (Thessaly)

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

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  1. ^ a b c 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.