Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . ties of Mt. Oeta, who are mentioned as plun-dering both the Malians on the east, and the Dorianson the south (Thuc. iii. 92—97, viii. 3.) Themost important of these tribes were the Aenianes(AiViai/es), called Enieues (Erifjz/es) by Homer { 749) and Herodotus (vii. 132), an ancient Hel-lenic Amphictyonic race. (Paus. x. 8. § 2 ; Har-pocrat. s. V. A/xcpiKTvoves.) They are said to havetirst occupied the Dotian plain in Pelasgiotis ; after-wards to have wandered to the borders of Epeirus,and finally to have settled in the u]iper valley of theSperchei
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . ties of Mt. Oeta, who are mentioned as plun-dering both the Malians on the east, and the Dorianson the south (Thuc. iii. 92—97, viii. 3.) Themost important of these tribes were the Aenianes(AiViai/es), called Enieues (Erifjz/es) by Homer { 749) and Herodotus (vii. 132), an ancient Hel-lenic Amphictyonic race. (Paus. x. 8. § 2 ; Har-pocrat. s. V. A/xcpiKTvoves.) They are said to havetirst occupied the Dotian plain in Pelasgiotis ; after-wards to have wandered to the borders of Epeirus,and finally to have settled in the u]iper valley of theSpercheius, where Hypata was their chief town.(Plut. Qtiaest. Gr. 13. p. 294 ; Strab. i. p. 61, 442.) Besides Hypata, which was the onlyplace of importance in Oetaea, we find mention ofSperchiae and Macra Come by Livy (.xxxii. L3),and of Sosthenis (SuxTflej/ij), Homihie {O/xiXai),Cypaera {Kvnuipa) and Phalachthia (*aAox0ia) byPtolemy (iii. 13. § 45.) 8. Malis, the lower valley of the Spercheius,described in a separate article. [Malis.]. COIN OF THESS.\.LIA. THESSALIOTIS. [Thessalia.] THESSALONICA (0eo(raAozi/cr); QfTTaXoviicrj,Polyb. xxiii. 4; Scymn. Ch. 625; ©eo-iraAofiKeia,Strab. vii. Epit. 3: Eth. QeffaaXoviKevs), a largeand important city, the capital of Roman JIacedonia,situated at the head of the Thermaic gulf, in thedistrict anciently c:illed Mygdonia. 1. Situation.—This is well described by Pliny(iv. 10) as medio flexu litoris [sinus Therniaici].The gulf extends about 30 leagues in a NW. direc-tion from the group of the Tliessalian islands, andthen turns to the NE., forming a noble basin be- THESSALOXICA. tween Capes Vardiir and Kardhtirnu. On the eJf;eof this basin is tlie city, partly on the level shoreand partly on the slope of a hill, in 40° 38 47 , and 22° 57 22 E. long. The present appear-ance of the city, as seen from the sea, is describedby Leake, Holland, and other travellers as very im-posing. It rises in the form of a crescent up thedeclivity, an
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