Alesiaeum

Alesiaeum or Alesiaion (Ancient Greek: Ἀλεσιαῖον), also called Aleisium or Aleision (Ἀλείσιον) by Homer[1] and Alesium or Alesion (Ἀλήσιον) by Stephanus of Byzantium,[2] was a town of Pisatis in ancient Elis, situated upon the road leading across the mountains from Elis to Olympia.[3] It appears in the Catalogue of Ships in Homer's Iliad.[1]

Its site is unlocated.[4]

References
  1. Homer. Iliad. 2.617.
  2. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v. Ἀλήσιον.
  3. Strabo. Geographica. 8.3.10. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  4. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Alesiaeum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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