Paracheloïtae (Thessaly)

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.[1]

The site of Paracheloïtae in unlocated.[2]

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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