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Town in Pelasgiotis, ancient Thessaly

39°35′51″N 22°09′25″E / 39.597492°N 22.157055°E / 39.597492; 22.157055 Phayttos (Ancient Greek: Φάυττος) was a town in Pelasgiotis, ancient Thessaly, closely set with Atrax and Larissa. An inscription to Artemis dating from the 3rd century BCE was found here.

Its site in near the modern village of Zarkon.

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. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.


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