Elaeatis

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Elaeatis or Elaiatis (Greek: Ελαιατις) is the name of district of ancient Epirus about the mouth of the Acheron river. The district is mentioned by Thucydides. Its chief town was Elaea.

References

Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, ["Acheron"], London, (1854)

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1857).

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