Alesiaeum or Alesiaion (Ancient Greek: Ἀλεσιαῖον), also called Aleisium or Aleision (Ἀλείσιον) by Homer[1] and Alesium or Alesion (Ἀλήσιον) by Stephanus of Byzantium,[2] was a town of Pisatis in ancient Elis, situated upon the road leading across the mountains from Elis to Olympia.[3] It appears in the Catalogue of Ships in Homer's Iliad.[1]
Its site is unlocated.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.617.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Ἀλήσιον.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 8.3.10. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Alesiaeum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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