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
- Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- 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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