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Aea (Malis)

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Aea or Aia (Ancient Greek: Αἶα) or Aeaea or Aiaia (Αἰαία) was a town in Malis in ancient Thessaly.[1] It was mentioned by Sophocles.[2][3] It was presumably a harbour town, and its site has not been located.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 686. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  2. ^ Soph. fr. 829 N
  3. ^ Jakob Escher-Bürkli: Aia 2.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Vol. I,1, Stuttgart 1893, col. 920.