Tetrapolis (Doris)
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Tetrapolis comprised a set of four closely situated cities in the valley of the Pindos River in the region of Doris
in ancient Greece
. The four cities were Erineus, Boium, Cytinium, and Pindus
. (Strabo
x. p. 427.)
Doris
- Geography :* Doris , region of Asia Minor inhabited by Dorians* Doris , region in central Greece in which the Dorians had their traditional homeland* Doris, Iowa, USA- People :* Doris, mother of Antipater...
in ancient Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. The four cities were Erineus, Boium, Cytinium, and Pindus
Pindus (city)
Pindos or Pindus , also called Acyphas or Akyphas , was an ancient city of Greece, one of the towns of the tetrapolis of Doris, situated upon a river of the same name, which flows into the Cephissus near Lilaea. Strabo, Theopompus, and Stephanus of Byzantium call the city Akyphas....
. (Strabo
Strabo
Strabo, also written Strabon was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher.-Life:Strabo was born to an affluent family from Amaseia in Pontus , a city which he said was situated the approximate equivalent of 75 km from the Black Sea...
x. p. 427.)