This appears to be the Metropolis mentioned by Livy in his account of the campaign of Antiochus III, in 191 BCE, where it is related that the Syrian king having landed at Demetrias, first took Pherae, then Crannon, then Cypaera, Metropolis, and all the neighbouring fortresses, except Atrax and Gyrton, and afterwards proceeded to Larissa.[1] From this account it would appear that this Metropolis was in Perrhaebia; and its site has been discovered by William Martin Leake, near that of Atrax, at Kastri village in the municipal unit of Lakereia,[2] where the name of Μητροπολίτης occurs in an inscription.[3]
^Metropolis (Perrhaebia) can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-819373" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^Leake, Travels in Northern Greece, vol. iii. p. 371.
metropolis, perrhaebia, 62583, 68139, 62583, 68139, showing, ancient, thessaly, metropolis, shown, upper, centre, metropolis, ancient, greek, Μητρόπολις, town, perrhaebia, ancient, thessaly, stephanus, byzantium, calls, simply, town, thessaly, distinct, from, . 39 37 33 N 22 40 53 E 39 62583 N 22 68139 E 39 62583 22 68139 Map showing ancient Thessaly Metropolis is shown to the upper centre Metropolis Ancient Greek Mhtropolis was a town in Perrhaebia in Ancient Thessaly Stephanus of Byzantium calls it simply a town in Thessaly distinct from its more renowned namesake This appears to be the Metropolis mentioned by Livy in his account of the campaign of Antiochus III in 191 BCE where it is related that the Syrian king having landed at Demetrias first took Pherae then Crannon then Cypaera Metropolis and all the neighbouring fortresses except Atrax and Gyrton and afterwards proceeded to Larissa 1 From this account it would appear that this Metropolis was in Perrhaebia and its site has been discovered by William Martin Leake near that of Atrax at Kastri village in the municipal unit of Lakereia 2 where the name of Mhtropoliths occurs in an inscription 3 References edit Livy Ab urbe condita Libri History of Rome Vol 36 10 Metropolis Perrhaebia can be found at GEOnet Names Server at this link by opening the Advanced Search box entering 819373 in the Unique Feature Id form and clicking on Search Database Leake Travels in Northern Greece vol iii p 371 nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Smith William ed 1854 1857 Metropolis Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography London John Murray nbsp This article about a location in ancient Thessaly is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Metropolis Perrhaebia amp oldid 1036710930, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
