Ithome () was a town of

Histiaeotis Histiaeotis () or ''Hestiaeotis'' (Ἑστιαιῶτις - Hestiaiotis) was a northwest district of ancient Thessaly, part of the Thessalian tetrarchy, roughly corresponding to the modern Trikala regional unit. Anciently, it was inhabited ...

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 ...

, described by

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as the "rocky Ithome", is placed by

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within a quadrangle formed by the four cities, Tricca,

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, Pelinnaeum, and Gomphi. It occupied the site of the castle which stands on the summit above the modern village of Fanari (in the modern municipality of Ithomi, which reflects the ancient name). Visiting the place in the nineteenth century,

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observed, near the north-western face of the castle, some remains of a very ancient Hellenic wall, consisting of a few large masses of stone, roughly hewn on the outside, but accurately joined to one another without cement. The town's original name was Thome (Θώμη). Other names borne by the town were Thoumaion (Θούμαιον), Thamai (Θαμαι), and Thamiai (Θαμιαι).

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Populated places in ancient Thessaly Cities in ancient Greece Places in the Iliad Histiaeotis {{AncientThessaly-geo-stub