Altus (Mygdonia)

Altus or Altos (/ˈæltəs, ˈɔːltəs/ A(W)L-təs; Ancient Greek: Άλτός) was a fortress town in Mygdonia near Therma (later Thessalonica). The town is mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium[1] and Theagenes of Macedon.

Its site is unlocated.[2]

References

  1. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 50, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  • John Cramer, A Geographic and Historical Description of Ancient Greece (Clarendon Press, 1828), p. 238.


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