Phelloe (Ancient Greek: Φελλόη) was a fortified town and polis (city-state)[1] of ancient Achaea, 40 stadia from Aegeira, through the mountains. According to the geographer Pausanias, it abounded in springs of water.[2]

Its site is tentatively located near the modern Zacholi/Seliana.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Achaia". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 485. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  2. ^ Pausanias (1918). "26.10". Description of Greece. Vol. 7. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  3. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  4. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Aegeira". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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