Trichonium or Trichonion (Ancient Greek: Τριχώνιον) was a town of ancient Aetolia, from which Lake Trichonis derived its name. William Martin Leake identified its location in the 19th century south of the lake at a place called Gavala (Gavalou). Strabo mentions Trichonium along with Stratus as situated in a fertile plain.[1][2][3] It was evidently a place of importance, and several natives of this town are mentioned in history.[4][5]

Its site is located near the modern Gavalou.[6][7]

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References

  1. ↑ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. x. p.450. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. ↑ Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 5.7.
  3. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  4. ↑ Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 4.3, 5.13, 17.10.
  5. ↑ Pausanias (1918). "37.3". Description of Greece. Vol. 2. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  6. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.
  7. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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

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