Phlygonium

Coordinates: 38°28′29″N 22°44′26″E / 38.474777°N 22.740687°E / 38.474777; 22.740687
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Phlygonium or Phlygonion (Ancient Greek: Φλυγόνιον) was a city of ancient Phocis destroyed by Philip II of Macedon at the end of the Phocian War (346 BCE).[1][2] Pliny the Elder calls it Phlygone, and erroneously represents it as a city of Boeotia.[3]

Its site is tentatively located at the Palaiokastro (old castle) near Ano Tseresi.[4][5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pausanias (1918). "3.2". Description of Greece. Vol. 10. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  2. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  3. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.7.12.
  4. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  5. ^ 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.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Phlygonium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

38°28′29″N 22°44′26″E / 38.474777°N 22.740687°E / 38.474777; 22.740687