Pedieis

38°37′35″N 22°40′18″E Pedieis (Ancient Greek: Πεδιεῖς or Πεδιέας) was one of the Phocian towns destroyed by Xerxes I during the Greco-Persian Wars (in 480 BCE).[1] From the order in which it stands in the enumeration of Herodotus, it appears to have stood near the Cephissus, in some part of the plain between Tithorea and Elateia.[1] It is enumerated among the towns in Phocis whose territory was sacked n 395 BCE by the Boeotians.[2]

For the political faction of ancient Athens, see Pedieis (faction).

The site of Pedieis is tentatively associated with a location called Palaia Phiva.[3][4]

References
  1. Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 8.33.
  2. Hellenica Oxyrhynchia 21.5.
  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. 55, and directory notes accompanying.

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


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