Elaea River

Elaea River

Elaea or Elaia ( _el. Ελαία) is the ancient name of a small stream of Boeotia rising in the Delos Mountains and emptying into Lake Copais near the temple of Apollo Tegyraios.

References

* [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/gazetteer/0145.html Hazlitt, Classical Gazetteer, "Elaea"]
* *Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), p. 55


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