Amphanae or Amphanai (, Ἀμφαναία or Ἀμφαναῖον) was the southernmost city on the east coast of the district of

Pelasgiotis Pelasgiotis () was an elongated district of ancient Thessaly, extending from the Vale of Tempe in the north to the city of Pherae in the south. The Pelasgiotis included the following localities: Argos Pelasgikon, Argyra, Armenium, Atrax, Crannon ...

Ancient Thessaly Thessaly or Thessalia (Attic Greek: , ''Thessalía'' or , ''Thettalía'') was one of the traditional regions of Ancient Greece. During the Mycenaean Greece, Mycenaean period, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, a name that continued to be used for one of ...

, near the border between the Pelasgiotis and

Achaea Phthiotis Achaea Phthiotis () or simply Phthiotis () was a historical region of ancient Thessaly, Thessaly, in ancient Greece. It lay in southeastern Thessaly, between Mount Othrys and the northern shore of the Pagasetic Gulf. Inhabited by , it was origina ...

forming promontory ''Pyrrha''. Its location is doubtful, and several locations have been proposed, including

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in the municipality of

Volos Volos (; ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Magnesia (regional unit), Magnesia regional unit of the Thessaly Region. Volos ...

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, Paleo Alikes in the municipality of

, and the ''palaiokastro'' (old fort) of Sesklou. The identification with Soros is accepted by the editors of the

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, and tentatively accepted by the editors of the

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. However, the most recent excavations seem to indicate that Soros is more likely to be identified with Pagasas. Referencing

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Stephanus of Byzantium Stephanus or Stephen of Byzantium (; , ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD) was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethnica'' (). Only meagre fragments of the dictionary survive, but the epit ...

distinguishes a Doric Amphanai, this seems to be based on a mistake; probably this Thessalian city was founded by

Dorians The Dorians (; , , singular , ) were one of the four major ethnic groups into which the Greeks, Hellenes (or Greeks) of Classical Greece divided themselves (along with the Aeolians, Achaeans (tribe), Achaeans, and Ionians). They are almost alw ...

is meant, and therefore Hekataios thus labelled it as a "Doric city" rather than a "city in Doris".

References

Former populated places in Greece Cities in ancient Greece Populated places in ancient Thessaly Lost ancient cities and towns Achaea Phthiotis {{AncientThessaly-geo-stub