Deipnias

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Deipnias (Ancient Greek: Δειπνιάς) was a town in ancient Thessaly near Larissa.[1] It is noted in Greek mythology as the place where Apollo broke his fast after he returned laurate from the Vale of Tempe.[2]

Its site has not been located.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. ^ Nisetich, Frank (2001). The Poems of Callimachus. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 154. ISBN 0-19-814760-0.
  3. ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 678. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.