Arethusa or Arethousa ( grc, Ἀρέθουσα) was a town of Bisaltia (or of easternmost

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) in ancient Macedonia, in the pass of Aulon, north of

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, near to Bolbe Lake, Rhechius river and a little north of Bromiscus, and celebrated for containing the sepulchre of

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. We learn from the

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(100.67) that it was an ancient Greek colony. It was probably founded by the

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of Euboea, who may have called it after the celebrated fountain in the neighbourhood of their city. Stephanus of Byzantium erroneously calls it a city of

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. It was either from this place or from Bromiscus that the fortified town of Rentine arose, which is frequently mentioned by the Byzantine historians. Its site is near the modern Rentina.

References

*Hazlitt, The Classical Gazetteer *A History of Macedonia: 550-336 B.C Page 194 by N. G. L. Hammond *Géographie ancienne de la Macédoine Page 359 By Théophile Alphonse Desdevises du Dézert Greek colonies in Mygdonia Populated places in ancient Macedonia Former populated places in Greece Euboean colonies Thessaloniki (regional unit) {{AncientMacedonia-geo-stub