Tritaea (Phocis)

Tritaea or Tritaia (Ancient Greek: Τριταία), also Tritea,[1] was a town of ancient Phocis. During the Greco-Persian Wars, the army of Xerxes I burned the town in 480 BC.[2] Strabo distinguishes it from the Achaean town of the same name.[3]

Its location is unknown.

References
  1. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.3.4.
  2. Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 8.33.
  3. Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 8.7.5. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

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


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