Mesatis(67 words)
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(Μεσάτις; Mesátis). One of three communities or regions from which the city of Patrae in Achaea was founded. M. had a cult of Dionysus. It was possibly the hilly country to the east and north of Patrae, at the modern Ano Sychaina-Voundeni (Paus. 7,18,4-6; 19,1; 21,14).
Lafond, Yves (Bochum)
Bibliography
A. D. Rizakis, Achaïe 1. Sources textuelles et histoire régionale (Meletemata 20), 1995, 164.
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Lafond, Yves (Bochum),
“Mesatis”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 08 August 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e800570>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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