Dolopia
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Key facts
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- Dolopia
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- Δολοπία
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- grc
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- Region of Ancient Greece
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- Arenta Mountain - Evrytania, Greece - 03.jpg
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- Now Evrytania
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- Ancient Greek Northern regions.png
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- Map of ancient Dolopia & environs
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- Location
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- Western Greece
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- Major cities
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- Dialects
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- Doric
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- Key periods
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- Mythology and history
- List of Dolopians
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Dolopia () is a mountainous region of Greece, located north of Aetolia.
==Geography== Dolopia was located between Epirus and Thessaly, eventually absorbed into the latter. It was a mountainous district in the southwestern corner of Thessaly, lying between Mount Tymphrestus, a branch of Pindus, on the one side, and Mount Othrys on the other. The Dolopes were, like the Magnetes, an ancient Hellenic people, and members of the Amphictyonic League. They are mentioned by Homer as included in Phthia, but were governed by a subordinate chieftain of their own. Though nominally belonging to Thessaly, they seem practically to have been independent: and their country was at a later period a constant subject of contention between the Aetolians and the kings of Macedonia. The only place in Dolopia of the slightest importance was Ctimene. Other of their cities were, Angeia and Dolopeis, close to lake Xynius.