Homilae or Homilai ( grc, Ὅμιλαι) was a town in
Oetaea Oetaea ( grc, Οἰταῖα) was a historic region of ancient Thessaly, Greece inhabited by the Oetaei (Οἰταῖοι). It was the mountainous district around Mount Oeta in the upper valley of the Spercheius, and to the east of Dolopia. The Oe ...
in
ancient Thessaly
Thessaly or Thessalia (Attic Greek: , ''Thessalía'' or , ''Thettalía'') was one of the traditional regions of Ancient Greece. During the Mycenaean period, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, a name that continued to be used for one of the major tribes ...
. The town's name appears in an
epigraph dated to 206/5 BCE as providing a
hieromnemone to the
Amphictyonic League
In Archaic Greece, an amphictyony ( grc-gre, ἀμφικτυονία, a "league of neighbors"), or amphictyonic league, was an ancient religious association of tribes formed before the rise of the Greek ''poleis''.
The six Dorian cities of coasta ...
on behalf of the
Aetolians.
Its site is at the modern site of Kouvelo Kastro/Kastro Orias.
References
Populated places in ancient Thessaly
Former populated places in Greece
Oetaea
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