Ellopia (Ἑλλοπία) or Hellopia (Ἕλλοπία) was a town and district of ancient Euboea, in the northwest of the island. Strabo reports a tradition that the town was founded by the mythical Ellops the son of Ion who may have been the brother of Aïclus and Cothus.[1] Ellopia was in the territory of Oreus (previously named Histiaea) near the mountain Telethrius, and Ellops later added to his dominions Histiaea, Perias, Cerinthus, Aedepsus, and Orobia; in this last place was an oracle most averse to falsehood (it was an oracle of Apollo Selinuntius).[1] The Ellopians migrated to Histiaea and enlarged the city, being forced to do so by Philistides the tyrant, after the Battle of Leuctra.[1] In addition, the names Ellopia and Hellopia were applied to the entire island of Euboea at times.[1]
Its site is tentatively located near the modern Kastaniotissa.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 10.1.3. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ 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.
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