Ainis
Ainis (Ancient Greek Αἰνίς, , Modern Greek Αινίδα, ) or Aeniania, was a region of ancient Greece located near Lamia in modern Central Greece, roughly corresponding to the upper Valley of Spercheios. Name The region takes its name from the tribe of the Ainianians, who dwelt in the area. The name ''Ainis'' first occurs in Roman times; the only known earlier name of the region was "land of the Aenianians", ''Ainianōn khōra'' (Theopompus). Geography Ainis is located in the upper Spercheios valley, bordering with Dolopia in the west, Oita in the south, Malis in the east and Achaia Phthiotis in the north.H. Kramolisch, "Ainianes" ''Der Neue Pauly'', Brill Online, 2013. The exact borders with Oita and Malis have never been established.M. H. Hansen & T. Heine Nielsen (eds.), ''An inventory of Archaic and Classical poleis'', Oxford 2004. The river Spercheios floats through the region on its way down to the Maliac Gulf, and is joined in Ainis by its chief tributary the I ...
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Kapheleis
Kapheleis ( grc, Καφελείς) was a polis (city-state) in Ainis in ancient Thessaly Thessaly or Thessalia ( Attic Greek: , ''Thessalía'' or , ''Thettalía'') was one of the traditional regions of Ancient Greece. During the Mycenaean period, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, a name that continued to be used for one of the major tribe .... It is unlocated. References Populated places in ancient Thessaly Thessalian city-states Former populated places in Greece Ainis Lost ancient cities and towns {{AncientThessaly-geo-stub ...
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