Nelia

For other uses, see Nelia (disambiguation).
Map showing ancient Thessaly. Nelia is shown to the right near Demetrias.

Nelia or Neleia (Ancient Greek: Νηλία or Νήλεια) was a town of Magnesia in ancient Thessaly; Demetrias was situated between it and Iolcus.[1] Strabo reports that when Demetrios Poliorketes founded Demetrias he moved the population of Nelia thither (293 BCE).[1][2]

Some archaeologists have related Nelia to the remains found on the Goritsa hill,[3] while other sources state its site is unlocated.[4]

  1. ^ a b Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 9.5.15. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 689. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  3. ^ Ministry of Culture and Sports of Greece: Archaeological site of the hill of Goritsa (in Greek).
  4. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.