Anemoreia

Anemoreia (Ancient Greek: Ἀνεμώρεια), subsequently Anemoleia (Ἀνεμώλεια), was a town of ancient Phocis mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad.^[1] It was situated on a height on the borders of Phocis and Delphi, and is said to have derived its name from the gusts of wind which blew on the place from the tops of Mount Parnassus.^[2][3]

Its territory had served as a border between Phocis and Delphi around 457 BCE when the Delphines, incited by the Lacedemonians, decided to separate from the Phocians and form their own state.^[4][5]

Its exact location is not known with certainty, but it has been suggested that it could have been located in the area of the modern town of Arakhova.^[6][7] More recent field research by the Southern Phokis Regional Project suggests that the Late Mycenaean archaeological site of Desfina-Kastrouli, 4km east of the modern town of Desfina, should be equated with Anemoreia.^[8]

References

1. Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.521.
2. Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 423. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
3. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
4. Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 9.3.15. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
5. Juan José Torres Esbarranch (2001). Estrabón, Geografía libros VIII-X (in Spanish). Madrid: Gredos. p. 329, nn. 499 & 500. ISBN 84-249-2298-0.
6. José García Blanco; Luis M Macía Aparicio, eds. (1991). Homero, Iliad (in Spanish). Madrid: CSIC. p. 71, & note.
7. 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.
8. Koh, Birney, Roy, Liritzis (2020). "The Mycenaean Citadel and Environs of Desfina-Kastrouli: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Southern Phokis" (PDF). Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry. 20 (3): 47–73.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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