Cercinium in the context of "Lake Boebeis"

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⭐ Core Definition: Cercinium

39°37′27″N 22°41′07″E / 39.6241°N 22.68522°E / 39.6241; 22.68522Cercinium or Kerkineion (Ancient Greek: Κερκινείον) or Kerkinion (Κερκινέον) was a town in Magnesia, in ancient Thessaly, near the Lake Boebeis.

The site of Cercinium is located at a place called Ano Amygdali.

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Cercinium in the context of Ancient Magnesia

Anciently, Magnesia (Ancient Greek: Μαγνησία) was a region of Ancient Greece, eventually absorbed by ancient Thessaly. Originally inhabited by the Magnetes (Μάγνητες), Magnesia was the long and narrow slip of country between Mounts Ossa and Pelion on the west and the sea on the east, and extending from the mouth of the Peneius on the north to the Pagasaean Gulf on the south. The Magnetes were members of the Amphictyonic League, and were settled in this district in the Homeric times, and mentioned in the Iliad. The Thessalian Magnetes are said to have founded the Asiatic cities of Magnesia ad Sipylum and Magnesia on the Maeander. The towns of Magnesia were: Aesonis, Aphetae, Boebe, Casthanaea, Cercinium, Coracae, Demetrias, Eurymenae, Glaphyrae, Homole or Homolium, Iolcus, Magnesia, Meliboea, Methone, Mylae, Nelia, Olizon, Pagasae, Rhizus, Spalaethra, and Thaumacia.

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