Aphetae

39°08′27″N 23°16′27″E / 39.1408°N 23.2743°E / 39.1408; 23.2743 Aphetae or Aphetai (Ancient Greek: Ἀφεταί[1] or Ἀφέται[2]) was a port of Magnesia in Ancient Thessaly, said to have derived its name from the departure of the Argonauts from it.[3]

The Persian fleet occupied the bay of Aphetae, previous to the Battle of Artemisium in 480 BCE, from which Aphetae was distant 80 stadia, according to Herodotus.[4]

William Martin Leake identifies Aphetae with the modern harbor of Trikeri, or alternatively with the harbor between the island of Paleo Trikeri and the mainland.[3] Modern scholars tentatively place the site of Aphetae in a place called Kato Yeoryios near the modern village of Platania (Πλατανιάς).[5][6] The modern village of Afetes, at some distance to Kato Yeoryios, was renamed to reflect this ancient port.

References

  1. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 436. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. ^ a b Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), William Smith, LLD, Ed., Aphetae
  4. ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 7.193, 196, 8.4.
  5. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  6. ^ 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). "Aphetae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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