Kondaia or Kondaea or Condaea ( Ancient Greek: Κονδαία) was a city and polis (city-state) in the district of Pelasgiotis of ancient Thessaly. [1]
It is mentioned by Herodotus as the birthplace of Cineas, king of Thessaly who sent a thousand horsemen in aid of the Peisistratids of Athens in the face of an attack by the Spartans, at the end of the sixth century BCE. [2]
Its location is doubtful. A settlement near the current Falani and another near Bakrina, two places of Pelasgiotis have been suggested as possible sites of the city, [3] with the Bakrina location ( 39°47′55″N 22°23′48″E / 39.798543°N 22.396606°E) the more likely candidate. [4] [5]
- ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 694. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 5.63.
- ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 694. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- ^ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, ( ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 55.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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Kondaia or Kondaea or Condaea ( Ancient Greek: Κονδαία) was a city and polis (city-state) in the district of Pelasgiotis of ancient Thessaly. [1]
It is mentioned by Herodotus as the birthplace of Cineas, king of Thessaly who sent a thousand horsemen in aid of the Peisistratids of Athens in the face of an attack by the Spartans, at the end of the sixth century BCE. [2]
Its location is doubtful. A settlement near the current Falani and another near Bakrina, two places of Pelasgiotis have been suggested as possible sites of the city, [3] with the Bakrina location ( 39°47′55″N 22°23′48″E / 39.798543°N 22.396606°E) the more likely candidate. [4] [5]
- ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 694. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 5.63.
- ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 694. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- ^ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, ( ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 55.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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