Antimachia

Antimachia (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιμαχία) was a town of ancient Greece on the island of Cos.^[1] Antimachia was the capital of the demoi of Aegelus^[2] and Archia.^[3]

Its site is located near modern Antimakheia.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Plutarch, Greek Questions, Moralia § 58.
^ W. R. Paton and E. L. Hicks The Inscriptions[WS 1] of Cos nr. 393 & 394; Ludwig Bürchner: "Aigelos" (in German). In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Supplementband I, Stuttgart, 1903, col. 35.
^ Ludwig Bürchner: "Archia" (in German). In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Supplementband I, Stuttgart, 1903, col. 119.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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