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Haliartus

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below which, to the north, issues a copious source of water, flowing to the marsh, like all the other streams near the site of Haliartus. Although the walls of the exterior town are scarcely anywhere traceable, its extent is naturally marked to the east and west by two small rivers, of which that to the west issues from the foot of the hill of Mazi; the eastern, called the Kefalári, has its origin in Mount Helicon. Near the left bank of this stream, at a distance of 500 yards (480 m) from the Acropolis, are a ruined mosque and two ruined churches, on the site of a village which, though long since abandoned, is shown by these remains to have been once inhabited by both Greeks and Turks. Here are many fragments of architecture and of inscribed stones, collected formerly from the ruins of Haliartus. From this spot there is a distance of about three-quarters of a mile (1.2 km) to a
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The stream which flowed on the western side of the city is the one called Hoplites by Plutarch, where Lysander fell, and is apparently the same as the Lophis of Pausanias. The stream on the eastern side, called Kefalári, is formed by the union of two rivulets, which appear to be the Permessus and
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who says, "that towards the lake the hill of Haliartus terminates in rocky cliffs, but on the other sides has a gradual acclivity. Some remains of the walls of the Acropolis, chiefly of polygonal masonry, are found on the summit of the hill; and there are several sepulchral crypts in the cliffs,
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Olmeius, which are described by Strabo as flowing from Helicon, and after their union entering Lake Copais near Haliartus. The tumulus, of which Leake speaks, perhaps covers those who were killed along with Lysander, since it was near this spot that the battle was fought.
132:(Ἁλιαρτία), or territory of Haliartus, was a very fertile plain, watered by numerous streams flowing into Lake Copais, which in this part was hence called the Haliartian marsh. These streams bore the names of 762: 183:(formerly named Moulki, but renamed after the ancient town). The remains of Haliartus are situated upon a hill about a mile (1.6 km) from the village of Mazi, on the road from Thebes to 187:, and at the distance of about 15 miles (24 km) from either place. The hill of Haliartus is not more than 50 feet (15 m) above the lake. It was visited in the 19th century by 196:
westward of the Acropolis, where are several sarcophagi and ancient foundations near some sources of waters, marking probably the site. of the western entrance of the city."
125:, in his account of the place, mentions only a heroum of Lysander, and some ruined temples which had been burnt by the Persians and had been purposely left in that state. 113:, who sold the inhabitants as slaves, carried off its statues, paintings, and other works of art, and razed it to the ground. Its territory was afterwards given to the 703: 557: 742: 747: 693: 566: 80: 99:, in which the former was slain, 395 BCE. In 171 BCE Haliartus was destroyed a second time. Having espoused the cause of 273: 290: 757: 688: 752: 402: 641: 538: 482: 382: 110: 640:; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via 537:; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via 481:; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via 381:; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via 625: 522: 466: 422: 366: 122: 27: 334: 188: 87:
appears as one of the chief cities of Boeotia. It is chiefly memorable in history on account of the
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Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Haliartus
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in a pass between the mountain and the lake. It is mentioned in the
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speaks of it as no longer in existence in his time, and
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Its site is located at the Kastri Maziou near modern
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Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Central Greece
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Index

Ancient Greek
ancient Boeotia
Boeotian League
Lake Copais
Catalogue of Ships
Iliad
Homer
Second Persian invasion of Greece
Peloponnesian War
Battle of Haliartus
Lysander
Thebans
Perseus of Macedon
Roman
praetor
Lucretius
Athenians
Strabo
Pausanias
Ocalea
Lophis
Hoplites
Permessus
Olmeius
Mount Tilphossium
Praxidicae
Peteon
Medeon
Ocalea
Onchestos

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