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Map showing ancient Thessaly. Alope is shown to the top center, north of Mylae.

Cyretiae or Chyretiai or Kyretiai (Greek: Χυρετίαι)[1] was a town and polis (city-state)[2] of Perrhaebia in ancient Thessaly, frequently mentioned in the Roman wars in Greece. It was plundered by the Aetolians in 200 BCE,[3] was taken by Antiochus III, 191 BCE, but recovered by Marcus Baebius Tamphilus and Philip V of Macedon in the same year,[4] and was attacked by Perseus of Macedon, following the surrender of nearby Doliche, Pythium, and Azorus in 171 BCE. In the last event, after a first assault attempt was repulsed, the attackers on the second day of the siege obtained the surrender of the defenders.[5]

Cyretiae appears in several inscriptions that have come down to us, among which stand out: one dated between 375-350 BCE, containing a joint dedication to Apollo of the cities of Perrhaebia,[2] a letter from Titus Quinctius Flamininus to the Cyretiaeans that can be dated to 195 BCE, and a decree of proxeny dated to 191 BCE that contains the names of several tagoi.[6]

Cyretiae is located at a site in the modern village of Domeniko.[7][8] Its acropolis occupied the hill, on which now stands the church of St. George, and excavations have been undertaken.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.13.44.
  2. 1 2 Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 722. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  3. ↑ Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 31.41.
  4. ↑ Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 36.10, 13.
  5. ↑ Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 42.53.
  6. ↑ Jorge Martínez de Tejada Garaizábal, Instituciones, sociedad, religión y léxico de Tesalia de la antigüedad desde la época de la independencia hasta el fin de la edad antigua (siglos VIII AC-V DC), tesis doctoral, pp.235. Madrid: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2012). Archived 2018-08-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  8. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.
  9. ↑ Public Domain Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cyretiae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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


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