Hessus (Locris)

Hessus or Hessos (Ancient Greek: Ἡσσός) was a town of the Ozolian Locrians, upon the coast of the Corinthian Gulf, and on the road to Naupactus.[1][2]

Its site is unlocated.[3]

References
  1. Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 3.101.
  2. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  3. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.

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


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