39°53′55″N 22°11′15″E / 39.8987°N 22.1875°E
Oloosson ( Ancient Greek: Ὀλοοσσών) [1] was a town and polis (city-state) [2] of Perrhaebia in ancient Thessaly near Elone and Gonnus, [3] mentioned in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad by Homer, who gives to it the epithet of “white,” from its white argillaceous soil. [4] In Procopius the name occurs in the corrupt form of Lossonus. [5]
Several Greek inscriptions have been found concerning the city of Oloosson. In a votive inscription from the first half of the fourth century BCE that is dedicated to Apollo Pythius are also the names of some people together with various demonyms from Perrhaebia. [6] In another inscription dated in the 1st century BCE, election procedures of magistrates are mentioned. [7]
Ancient Oloosson was located at a site called Panayia in the modern town of Elassona. [8] [9]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Oloosson".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
39°53′55″N 22°11′15″E / 39.8987°N 22.1875°E
Oloosson ( Ancient Greek: Ὀλοοσσών) [1] was a town and polis (city-state) [2] of Perrhaebia in ancient Thessaly near Elone and Gonnus, [3] mentioned in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad by Homer, who gives to it the epithet of “white,” from its white argillaceous soil. [4] In Procopius the name occurs in the corrupt form of Lossonus. [5]
Several Greek inscriptions have been found concerning the city of Oloosson. In a votive inscription from the first half of the fourth century BCE that is dedicated to Apollo Pythius are also the names of some people together with various demonyms from Perrhaebia. [6] In another inscription dated in the 1st century BCE, election procedures of magistrates are mentioned. [7]
Ancient Oloosson was located at a site called Panayia in the modern town of Elassona. [8] [9]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Oloosson".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.