Thestiae

Thestiae (Ancient Greek: Θεστιαί)^[1], sometimes wrongly named Thesteia or Thestia, conjectures based on the ethnonym Thestieus (Ancient Greek: Θεστιεύς) attested in Polybius, was a town in ancient Aetolia. The only literary source mentioning the city is Polybius, from whose narrative we learn that it was situated in the northern part of the upper plain of Aetolia.^[2] The name is perhaps connected with Thestius, one of the old Aetolian heroes.

Its site is located near the modern Ano Vlokhos.^[3]^[4]

References

^ The actual name is attested in a 3rd/2nd century BC theorodokoi list from Delphi (Bulletin de correspondance hellénique (1921) col. IV, p. 75).
^ Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 5.7.
^ Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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

38°39′21″N 21°29′06″E / 38.6558°N 21.485°E / 38.6558; 21.485

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[1] The actual name is attested in a 3rd/2nd century BC theorodokoi list from Delphi (Bulletin de correspondance hellénique (1921) col. IV, p. 75).

[2] Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 5.7.

[3] Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.

[4] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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