Elimiotis

Elimiotis or Elimeia (

Aiane. However, later it lost its independence and by 355 BC, Elimiotis was part of the kingdom of Macedon

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Archons of Elimiotis

Arrhidaeus (born before 513 BC)
Derdas I (505–435)
Sirras
(437–390)
Derdas II (385–360)
Derdas III (360–355), last king of Elimiotis

Notable people

Antigonus I Monophthalmus (382-301 BC), Hellenistic ruler.
Calas, general and satrap of Alexander the Great.
Coenus, general of Alexander the Great.
Cleander, officer of Alexander the Great.
Harpalus, noble and boyhood friend of Alexander the Great.
Machatas of Elimeia, noble of Elimiotis.
Philip of Machatas, general of Alexander the Great.
Polemocrates, noble of Elimiotis.

References

ISBN 978-0-674-00662-1
. Hecataeus calls the Eliminiotae, Orestae, Lyncastae, and Pelagones of Uppers Macedonia 'Molossian' and since Molossian inscriptions found at the sanctuary of Dodona are inscribed in a West Greek dialect, one would expect the Macedonians to have belonged to a West Greek linguistic Koinē that extended across much of northern and northwestern Greece

ISBN 0-521-23447-6
. On crossing the Balkan chain, we find that Hecataeus called the Orestae 'a Molossian tribe' (F 107), and Strabo (434; cf. 326) probably derived from Hecataeus his belief that the Elimeotae, Lyncestae, and Pelagones, as well as the Orestae, were Epirotic or rather Molossian tribes before their incorporation by the Macedones into the Macedonian kingdom.

ISBN 978-9025610500
. Further, the tribes which Strabo termed 'Epirotic' — Orestai, Tymphaioi, Elimiotai, Lynkestai and Pelagones — are likely to have spoken the same dialect as the Molossians, to whom they were in some sense related.

[1] D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of the Roman province of Macedonia (The Department of Western Macedonia today) (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1989 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 44, 69.
ISBN 960-7265-01-7
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(it) Giuseppe, Valenza. Elamiti Elimioti Elimi Il Teatro Genealogico degli Elimi nel crocevia del Mediterraneo. Marostica. 2022. ISBN 978-88-908854-2-6.

External links

Archaeological Museum of Aiani

Current locations of Elimeia region

Authority control databases
International

VIAF

Geographic

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[1] ISBN 978-0-674-00662-1
. Hecataeus calls the Eliminiotae, Orestae, Lyncastae, and Pelagones of Uppers Macedonia 'Molossian' and since Molossian inscriptions found at the sanctuary of Dodona are inscribed in a West Greek dialect, one would expect the Macedonians to have belonged to a West Greek linguistic Koinē that extended across much of northern and northwestern Greece

[2] ISBN 0-521-23447-6
. On crossing the Balkan chain, we find that Hecataeus called the Orestae 'a Molossian tribe' (F 107), and Strabo (434; cf. 326) probably derived from Hecataeus his belief that the Elimeotae, Lyncestae, and Pelagones, as well as the Orestae, were Epirotic or rather Molossian tribes before their incorporation by the Macedones into the Macedonian kingdom.

[3] ISBN 978-9025610500
. Further, the tribes which Strabo termed 'Epirotic' — Orestai, Tymphaioi, Elimiotai, Lynkestai and Pelagones — are likely to have spoken the same dialect as the Molossians, to whom they were in some sense related.

Archons of Elimiotis

Notable people

See also

References

External links