Phayttos

39°35′51″N 22°09′25″E Phayttos (Ancient Greek: Φάυττος) was a town in Pelasgiotis, ancient Thessaly, closely set with Atrax and Larissa.[1] An inscription to Artemis dating from the 3rd century BCE was found here.[2]

Its site in near the modern village of Zarkon.[3]

References
  1. Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.12.41.
  2. Budin, Stephanie Lynn (2016). Artemis. Routledge. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-415-72541-5.
  3. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.


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