Pteleum

Coordinates: 39°02′01″N 22°58′29″E / 39.03369°N 22.97464°E / 39.03369; 22.97464
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"Pteleon" redirects here. For the insect genus, see Pteleon (beetle).
For the town of ancient Elis, see Pteleum (Elis). For the town of ancient Ionia, see Pteleum (Ionia).

Pteleum or Pteleon (

Sinus Pagasaeus. It stood between Antron and Halos, and was distant from the latter 110 stadia, according to Artemidorus.[1] It is mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad as governed by Protesilaus, to whom the neighbouring town of Antron also belonged.[2]

In 200 BCE, during the

colony (also named Pteleum) in Elis.[7] The form Pteleos is used by Lucan[8] and Pomponius Mela.[9]

Pteleum's location is at a site called Ftelio near Gritsa.[10][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.433. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.697.
  3. Ab urbe condita Libri
    [History of Rome]. Vol. 36.46.
  4. Ab urbe condita Libri
    [History of Rome]. Vol. 35.43.
  5. Ab urbe condita Libri
    [History of Rome]. Vol. 42.67.
  6. ^ "nemus Pteleon" Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.8.15.
  7. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 8.3.25. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  8. ^ Lucan, Pharsalia, 6.352.
  9. ^ Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. Vol. 2.3.
  10. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9
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  11. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Pteleum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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