Elaias Limen
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Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Elaias Limen (Template:Langx - literally, "Bay of Elaea"), also Elaea or Elaia (Ἐλαία), was a harbour town of Thesprotia in ancient Epirus at the mouth of the Acheron river. The town is mentioned by both Scylax and Ptolemy. The Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax asserts that this was the main port of Thesprotia.[1] The town's site is identified as near Cheimerion.[2][3]
There is an archaeological site of the inland town of Elaea of which this was the harbour.
References
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- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, "Acheron", London, (1854)
- Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (Template:ISBN), p. 54