Phelloe (Ancient Greek: Φελλόη) was a fortified town and polis (city-state)[1] of ancient Achaea, 40 stadia from Aegeira, through the mountains. According to the geographer Pausanias, it abounded in springs of water.[2]
Its site is tentatively located near the modern Zacholi/Seliana.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Achaia". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 485. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "26.10". Description of Greece. Vol. 7. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ 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). "Aegeira". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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