Phyllus

{{short description|City in ancient Greece}} {{Infobox ancient site | name = Phyllos | native_name = Φύλλος | alternate_name = | image = Magoula_Paliambela.jpg | alt = | caption = The tell (''magoula'') of Paliambela, the site of ancient Phyllos | map_type = Greece | map_alt = | coordinates = {{Coord|39.41174745121957|22.18454394926858|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GR|display=inline,title}} | location = Fyllo, Palamas | region = Karditsa (regional unit), Greece | type = Ancient city | part_of = | length = | width = | area = | height = | builder = | material = | built = Mycenaean period | abandoned = Hellenistic period | epochs = | cultures = Ancient Greece | dependency_of = | occupants = | event = | excavations = | archaeologists = Jean-Claude Decourt | condition = | ownership = | management = | public_access = | website = | notes = }}

'''Phyllus''' or '''Phylos''' ({{langx|grc|Φύλλος}}) was a city near Mount Phylleium in the district of Thessaliotis, in ancient Thessaly.<ref name=Strabo>{{Cite Strabo|9.5.14}}</ref> Strabo says the city was noted for a temple of Apollo Phylleius.<ref name=Strabo/> Statius calls this city '''Phylli'''.<ref>Stat. ''Theb.'' 4.45.</ref> The city is also cited by Stephanus of Byzantium.<ref>{{Cite Stephanus|''s.v.''}}</ref>

The site of Phyllus is at Magoula Paliambela, a large tell in the modern municipal unit of Fyllo.<ref>{{Barrington Atlas|page=55}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|29444}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://atlasthessalias.culture.gr/-------13.html|title=Φύλλος|last=Nikolaou|first=Elsa|website=Αρχαιολογικός Άτλας Θεσσαλίας|publisher=The Institute for Thessalian Archaeological Studies|access-date=2021-01-08}}</ref>

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Category:Former populated places in Greece Category:Populated places in ancient Thessaly Category:Thessaliotis