Nelia

Map showing ancient Thessaly. Nelia is shown to the right near Demetrias.

Nelia or Neleia (Ancient Greek: Νηλία or Νήλεια) was a town of Magnesia in ancient Thessaly; Demetrias was situated between it and Iolcus.^[1] Strabo reports that when Demetrios Poliorketes founded Demetrias he moved the population of Nelia thither (293 BCE).^[1]^[2]

Some archaeologists have related Nelia to the remains found on the Goritsa hill,^[3] while other sources state its site is unlocated.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Strabo. Geographica . Vol. 9.5.15. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 689. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
^ Ministry of Culture and Sports of Greece: Archaeological site of the hill of Goritsa (in Greek).
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World . Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

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

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