Pale () or Paleis (Παλείς) or Παλαιέων πόλις was an ancient Greek city in ancient Cephalonia. Two hundred of its citizens fought at the

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against the Persians. Later, just before the commencement of the

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it sent four ships to the assistance of the

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against the

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.Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Pale
/ref> It joined the Athenian alliance, together with the other towns of the island, in 431 BC. At a later period Pale espoused the side of the Aetolians against the Achaeans, and was accordingly besieged by Philip, who would have taken the city but for the treachery of one of his own officers. Pale surrendered to the Romans without resistance and after the capture of Same by the Romans in that year, it became the chief town in the island. It was in existence in the time of

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and in an inscription of that time is called ἐλευθέρα καὶ αὐτόνομος (independent and autonomous). According to Pherecydes, Pale was the Homeric Dulichium, this opinion was rejected by

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, but accepted by Pausanias. Its site is located near the modern Lixouri.

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