Larissa ( grc, Λάρισσα) was an
ancient Greek
Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...
city located in
Thrace
Thrace (; el, Θράκη, Thráki; bg, Тракия, Trakiya; tr, Trakya) or Thrake is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe, now split among Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, which is bounded by the Balkan Mountains to t ...
, located in the region between the river
Nestos to the river
Hebros
Maritsa or Maritza ( bg, Марица ), also known as Meriç ( tr, Meriç ) and Evros ( ell, Έβρος ), is a river that runs through the Balkans in Southeast Europe. With a length of ,[Elis
Elis or Ilia ( el, Ηλεία, ''Ileia'') is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it was ...]
and Achaian
Dyme
Dyme ( grc, Δύμη), or Dymae, was a town and polis (city-state) of ancient Achaea, and the most westerly of the 12 Achaean cities, from which circumstance it is said to have derived its name. The location of Dyme is near the modern Kato Achaia. ...
. It remains unlocated and unidentified.
[Back Matter: "... sites identified solely by coins' Location Site THESSALY Atrax, Kieron, Larissa THRACE Ainos, Bizye, Byzantium, Deultum, Maroneia, Mesembra, Pantalia (? ...]
See also
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Greek colonies in Thrace
Greek may refer to:
Greece
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References
Greek colonies in Thrace
Former populated places in Greece
Lost cities and towns
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