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Olizon (Ancient Greek: Ὀλιζών) was an ancient Greek town and polis (city-state) of Magnesia located in the region of Thessaly.[1][2][3][4] Olizon is mentioned by Homer, who gives it the epithet of "rugged"; and in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad, Olizon formed part of the territories of Philoctetes.[5]
It is also mentioned in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax as a city in Magnesia, together with Iolcus, Spalauthra, Methone and Coracae.[6] In Strabo's time, it formed part of the dependent territories of Demetrias on a section of the coast where Thaumacia and Meliboea also stood.[7] Plutarch wrote that it was located opposite Artemisium in Euboea.[8]
Olizon is located at the Palaiokastro (old fort) at Agios Andreas.[9][10]
References
- ↑ Hansen & Nielsen 2004, "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions", p. 721.
- ↑ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.436. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ↑ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.9.16.
- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ↑ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.717.
- ↑ Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, 65.
- ↑ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 9.5.15-16. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ↑ Plut. Them. 8.
- ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.
- ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
Sources
- Hansen, Mogens Herman; Nielsen, Thomas Heine (2004). An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198140991.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Olizon". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.