Rhaecelus or Rhaikelos (
Greek: ) was an
Eretrian colony in
Lower Macedonia
Lower Macedonia ( el, Κάτω Μακεδονία, ''Kato Makedonia'') or Macedonia proper or Emathia is a geographical term used in Antiquity referring to the coastal plain watered by the rivers Haliacmon, Axius on the west and bounded by Stry ...
, near
Aeneia
Aenea (; grc, Αἴνεια, ''Aineia'') was an ancient Greek city in northwesternmost Chalcidice, said to have been founded by Aeneas, and was situated, according to Livy, opposite Pydna, and 15 miles from Thessalonica. It appears to have stood ...
, founded by Athenian tyrant
Peisistratos of the 6th century BC. Its site is located near Aeneia.
References
Cities in ancient Macedonia
Populated places in ancient Macedonia
Eretrian colonies
Greek colonies in Chalcidice
Former populated places in Greece
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