Phylace or Phylake (, ''Phylakē''), or Phylaces or Phylakes (Φυλακές, ''Phylakēs''), or Phylacae or Phylakai (Φυλακαὶ, ''Phylakaí''), was a city in mountainous

ancient Pieria Pieria () is one of the regional units of Greece located in the southern part of the Region of Central Macedonia, within the historical province of Macedonia. Its capital is the town of Katerini. The name Pieria originates from the ancient Pi ...

Macedon Macedonia ( ; , ), also called Macedon ( ), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by the royal ...

, on the

Haliacmon The Haliacmon (, ''Aliákmonas''; formerly: , ''Aliákmon'' or ''Haliákmōn'') is the longest river flowing entirely in Greece, with a total length of . In Greece there are three rivers longer than Haliacmon: Maritsa (), Struma (Strymónas), bot ...

river, north of Balla. Parmenion, son of Glaucias, Phylacean (Greek: ) was a dolichos runner and winner in the Alexandrian games at

Beroea Beroea (or Berea, ) was an ancient city of the Hellenistic period and Roman Empire now known as Veria (or Veroia) in Macedonia, Northern Greece. It is a small city on the eastern side of the Vermio Mountains north of Mount Olympus. The town is m ...

in 3rd or 2nd century BCE (dedicated to

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...

). Pliny mentions the inhabitants under the name ''Phylacaei''. Its site is unlocated.

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* Hazlitt, The Classical Gazetteer > page 274 Cities in ancient Macedonia Populated places in ancient Macedonia Geography of ancient Pieria Former populated places in Greece Lost ancient cities and towns {{AncientPieria-geo-stub