Phylace or Phylake ( Ancient Greek: Φυλακή or Φμλάκη, Phylakē), or Phylaces or Phylakes (Φυλακές, Phylakēs), or Phylacae or Phylakai (Φυλακαὶ, Phylakaí), was a city in mountainous ancient Pieria, Macedon, [1] on the Haliacmon river, north of Balla. Parmenion, son of Glaucias, Phylacean (Greek: Παρμενίων Γλαυκίου Φυλακαῖος) was a dolichos runner and winner in the Alexandrian games at Beroea in 3rd or 2nd century BCE (dedicated to Alexander the Great). [2] Pliny mentions the inhabitants under the name Phylacaei. [3]
Its site is unlocated. [4]
- ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.13.40.
- ^ Epigraphical Database- EKM 1. Beroia 140.5
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.10.17.
- ^ 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.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Phylace".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- Hazlitt, The Classical Gazetteer > page 274
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Phylace or Phylake ( Ancient Greek: Φυλακή or Φμλάκη, Phylakē), or Phylaces or Phylakes (Φυλακές, Phylakēs), or Phylacae or Phylakai (Φυλακαὶ, Phylakaí), was a city in mountainous ancient Pieria, Macedon, [1] on the Haliacmon river, north of Balla. Parmenion, son of Glaucias, Phylacean (Greek: Παρμενίων Γλαυκίου Φυλακαῖος) was a dolichos runner and winner in the Alexandrian games at Beroea in 3rd or 2nd century BCE (dedicated to Alexander the Great). [2] Pliny mentions the inhabitants under the name Phylacaei. [3]
Its site is unlocated. [4]
- ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.13.40.
- ^ Epigraphical Database- EKM 1. Beroia 140.5
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.10.17.
- ^ 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.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Phylace".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- Hazlitt, The Classical Gazetteer > page 274
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