Chalai (Thessaly)

39°08′57″N 22°34′07″E / 39.14917°N 22.56873°E / 39.14917; 22.56873 Chalai or Chalaion was a town in Phthiotis in ancient Thessaly.^[1] The town's name is not attested directly, but s extrapolated from its demonym, Χαλαῖος.^[1]^[2]

Its site has been located at a place called Tsournati,^[3]^[4] where archaeological remains from the Archaic and Classical periods have been found.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 687. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
^ Ernst Meyer [de]: Chalai.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Supplementband XII, Stuttgart 1970, col. 148.
^ 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.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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[Poleis-1] Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 687. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.

[2] Ernst Meyer [de]: Chalai.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Supplementband XII, Stuttgart 1970, col. 148.

[3] 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.

[4] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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