Halos (Thessaly)

Halos
Ἅλος
Town of ancient Thessaly
The remains of ancient Halos
The remains of ancient Halos
Map of ancient Thessaly
Map of ancient Thessaly
CountryAncient Greece
LocationAchaea Phthiotis
DialectsAeolic
Key periodsThird Sacred War
O: laureate head of Zeus
R: Phrixos flying on ram, AΛEΩN
This bronze dichalkon was struck in Halos in 3rd century BC.

Halos (Greek: Ἅλος), Latinised as Halus, was a town and polis[1] in the region of Achaea Phthiotis in ancient Thessaly, on the west side of the Pagasetic Gulf.[2][3]

  1. ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 714. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  2. ^ Stillwell, Richard; MacDonald, William L.; McAllister, Marian Holland, eds. (1976). "Halos". The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press.
  3. ^ Public Domain Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Halus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.