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Altus (Mygdonia)

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Altus or Altos (/ˈæltəs, ˈɔːltəs/ A(W)L-təs; Ancient Greek: Άλτός) was a fortress town in Mygdonia near Therma (later Thessalonica). The town is mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium and Theagenes of Macedon.

Its site is unlocated.

References

  1. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 50, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  • John Cramer, A Geographic and Historical Description of Ancient Greece (Clarendon Press, 1828), p. 238.


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