Orthe (Thessaly)
Orthe (Greek: Ὄρθη) was a town of Perrhaebia in ancient Thessaly. mentioned by Homer as ruled by Polypoetes in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad.[1] It was said by Strabo to have become the acropolis of Phalanna.[2] It occurs, however, in the lists of Pliny the Elder as a distinct town from Phalanna.[3] Some modern scholars accept the equivalence,[4] while others only do so tentatively.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.739.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.440. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.9.16.
- ^ 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.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Orthe". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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