Mesatis

Mesatis (Ancient Greek: Μεσάτις) was a town of ancient Achaea, in the neighbourhood of Patrae. It is said to have been founded by the Ionians, when they were in the occupation of the country. After the expulsion of the Ionians, the Achaean hero Patreus withdrew the inhabitants from Antheia and Mesatis to Aroë, which he enlarged and called Patrae after himself. The acropolis of the city probably continued to bear the name of Aroë, which was often used as synonymous with Patrae.[1] In the war between the Achaeans and the Romans Patrae suffered so severely, that the greater part of the inhabitants abandoned the city and took up their abodes in the surrounding villages of Mesatis, Antheia, Bolina, Argyra, and Arba.[2][3]

Its site is unlocated.[4] The modern Messatida takes its name from the ancient place.

References

1. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 7.18.2. et seq.
2. Polybius. The Histories. 5.2, 3, 28, 40.3.
3. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 7.18.6.
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). "Patrae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.