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Paracheloïtae (Thessaly)

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Paracheloïtae or Paracheloitai or Paracheloitas (Greek: Παραχελωίτας - meaning "near the Achelous") was a town in the district of Phthiotis in ancient Thessaly.

Strabo places it in the district of Phthiotis, and says it was near Lamia and had the same name as a city of Aetolia. It was on the banks of a river called the Achelous, evidently a name also transplanted from Aetolia.

The site of Paracheloïtae in unlocated.

References

  1. Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 9.5.10. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. 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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