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Tritaea (Phocis)

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Tritaea or Tritaia (Ancient Greek: Τριταία), also Tritea,[1] was a town of ancient Phocis. During the Greco-Persian Wars, the army of Xerxes I burned the town in 480 BC.[2] Strabo distinguishes it from the Achaean town of the same name.[3]

Its location is unknown.

References

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  1. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.3.4.
  2. ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 8.33.
  3. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 8.7.5. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

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