Eleonas
Sign in to saveEleon (), or Heleon (), was a town in ancient Boeotia, mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad in the same line with Hyle and Peteon. It is said by Strabo to have been one of the smaller places in the territory of Tanagra, and to have derived its name from its marshy situation.
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- Δημοτική Ενότητα Θηβαίων
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Στερεάς Ελλάδας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 655
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Eleon (), or Heleon (), was a town in ancient Boeotia, mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad in the same line with Hyle and Peteon. It is said by Strabo to have been one of the smaller places in the territory of Tanagra, and to have derived its name from its marshy situation.
Its site is located near modern Arma (Dritsa).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eleonas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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