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Emathia (Greek: Ἠμαθία, romanized: ēmathía) is an ancient toponym for an area of Macedonia on the Thermaic Gulf between the Pierian range and the Axius (Vardar). [1] Some ancient geographers give it as the name of a town in the region, or as a name in alternation with Macedon.[2] In later poetic use, the name may vaguely refer to regions as disparate as Thessaly and Thrace.[3] Etymologically, the homeric name suggests the meaning "sandy."[4]
- ^ Errington, Robert Malcolm (Marburg/Lahn). "Emathia". In Brill's New Pauly Online, (Brill, 2006) doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e329770
- ^ Strabo Book 7 Fragment 11
- ^ e.g. Lucan, Pharsalia 1.1; Virgil Georgic 1.492
- ^ Janko, Richard (1994). The Iliad: A Commentary, Books 13-16. Cambridge University Press. p. 186.