Alapta ( grc, Ἀλαπτα) was a town of

Chalcidice Chalkidiki (; el, Χαλκιδική , also spelled Halkidiki, is a peninsula and regional units of Greece, regional unit of Greece, part of the region of Central Macedonia, in the Geographic regions of Greece, geographic region of Macedonia (Gr ...

ancient Macedonia Macedonia (; grc-gre, Μακεδονία), also called Macedon (), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled ...

. It is mentioned in the ''

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'' as one of the cities that were inhabited by

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located beyond the peninsula of Pallene. It is cited between the cities of Acanthus and Arethusa. Its site is unlocated.

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