Elimiotis

Elimiotis or Elimeia (Ancient Greek: Ἐλιμιῶτις or Ἐλιμία or Ἐλίμεια) was a region of Upper Macedonia that was located along the Haliacmon river, and was inhabited by the Molossian tribe of Elimiotes or Elimiotae (Ancient Greek: Ἐλιμιῶται), who spoke a Northwest Greek dialect.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

The capital of Elimiotis was Aiani, located in the modern municipality of Kozani, Western Macedonia, Greece.^[4] It was bordered by Tymphaea and Parauaea in the west, Orestis and Eordaea in the north, Pieria in the east, and Perrhaebia (Thessaly) in the south.

In earlier times, it was independent and the Derdas family ruled the local kingdom from its capital Aiane. However, later it lost its independence and by 355 BC, Elimiotis was part of the kingdom of Macedon ruled by Philip II of Macedon. Phila of Elimeia, sister of Derdas III and Machatas of Elimeia, was the first or second wife of Philip II.

Archons of Elimiotis

Arrhidaeus (born before 513 BC)
Derdas I (505–435)
Sirras (437–390)
Derdas II (385–360)
Derdas III (360–355), last king of Elimiotis

Notable people

Antigonus I Monophthalmus (382–301 BC), Hellenistic ruler, founder of the Antigonid dynasty
Calas, general and satrap of Alexander the Great
Coenus, general of Alexander the Great
Phila of Elimeia, wife of Philip II of Macedon
Cleander, officer of Alexander the Great
Harpalus, noble and boyhood friend of Alexander the Great
Machatas of Elimeia, noble of Elimiotis
Philip of Machatas, general of Alexander the Great
Polemocrates, noble of Elimiotis

Footnotes

↑ Malkin, Irad (2001). Ancient Perceptions of Greek Ethnicity. Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-674-00662-1. Hecataeus calls the Eliminiotae, Orestae, Lyncastae, and Pelagones of Upper Macedonia 'Molossian' and since Molossian inscriptions found at the sanctuary of Dodona are inscribed in a West Greek dialect, one would expect the Macedonians to have belonged to a West Greek linguistic Koinē that extended across much of northern and northwestern Greece
↑ Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1982). "Chapter 40: Illyris, Epirus and Macedonia". In Boardman, John; Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (eds.). The Cambridge Ancient History: The Expansion of the Greek World, Eighth to Sixth Centuries B.C. Vol. III, Part 3 (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 266. ISBN 0-521-23447-6. On crossing the Balkan chain, we find that Hecataeus called the Orestae 'a Molossian tribe' (F 107), and Strabo (434; cf. 326) probably derived from Hecataeus his belief that the Elimeotae, Lyncestae, and Pelagones, as well as the Orestae, were Epirotic or rather Molossian tribes before their incorporation by the Macedones into the Macedonian kingdom.
↑ Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1993). Studies Concerning Epirus and Macedonia Before Alexander. Amsterdam: Hakkert. pp. 132–133. ISBN 978-9025610500. Further, the tribes which Strabo termed 'Epirotic' — Orestai, Tymphaioi, Elimiotai, Lynkestai and Pelagones — are likely to have spoken the same dialect as the Molossians, to whom they were in some sense related.
↑ Fanula Papazoglu (1988). Les villes de Macédoine à l'époque romaine (in French). Vol. L'Elimiotide. Paris. pp. 245–255.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of the Roman province of Macedonia (The Department of Western Macedonia today) (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1989 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 44, 69. ISBN 960-7265-01-7.
Giuseppe, Valenza. Elamiti Elimioti Elimi Il Teatro Genealogico degli Elimi nel crocevia del Mediterraneo (in Italian). Marostica. 2022. ISBN 978-88-908854-2-6.

External links

[1] Malkin, Irad (2001). Ancient Perceptions of Greek Ethnicity. Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-674-00662-1. Hecataeus calls the Eliminiotae, Orestae, Lyncastae, and Pelagones of Upper Macedonia 'Molossian' and since Molossian inscriptions found at the sanctuary of Dodona are inscribed in a West Greek dialect, one would expect the Macedonians to have belonged to a West Greek linguistic Koinē that extended across much of northern and northwestern Greece

[2] Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1982). "Chapter 40: Illyris, Epirus and Macedonia". In Boardman, John; Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (eds.). The Cambridge Ancient History: The Expansion of the Greek World, Eighth to Sixth Centuries B.C. Vol. III, Part 3 (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 266. ISBN 0-521-23447-6. On crossing the Balkan chain, we find that Hecataeus called the Orestae 'a Molossian tribe' (F 107), and Strabo (434; cf. 326) probably derived from Hecataeus his belief that the Elimeotae, Lyncestae, and Pelagones, as well as the Orestae, were Epirotic or rather Molossian tribes before their incorporation by the Macedones into the Macedonian kingdom.

[3] Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1993). Studies Concerning Epirus and Macedonia Before Alexander. Amsterdam: Hakkert. pp. 132–133. ISBN 978-9025610500. Further, the tribes which Strabo termed 'Epirotic' — Orestai, Tymphaioi, Elimiotai, Lynkestai and Pelagones — are likely to have spoken the same dialect as the Molossians, to whom they were in some sense related.

[4] Fanula Papazoglu (1988). Les villes de Macédoine à l'époque romaine (in French). Vol. L'Elimiotide. Paris. pp. 245–255.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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