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Rhaecelus or Rhaikelos ( Greek: ) was an Eretrian colony in
Lower Macedonia Lower Macedonia ( el, Κάτω Μακεδονία, ''Kato Makedonia'') or Macedonia proper or Emathia is a geographical term used in Antiquity referring to the coastal plain watered by the rivers Haliacmon, Axius on the west and bounded by Stry ...
, near
Aeneia Aenea (; grc, Αἴνεια, ''Aineia'') was an ancient Greek city in northwesternmost Chalcidice, said to have been founded by Aeneas, and was situated, according to Livy, opposite Pydna, and 15 miles from Thessalonica. It appears to have stood ...
, founded by Athenian tyrant Peisistratos of the 6th century BC. Its site is located near Aeneia.


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Cities in ancient Macedonia Populated places in ancient Macedonia Eretrian colonies Greek colonies in Chalcidice Former populated places in Greece {{AncientMacedonia-geo-stub