GREEK MYTHOSThe Godsunder Codex · Places
RHIZUS (settlement in Perrhaebia)
Human settlement in Greece
- Kind of place
- Settlement
- Region
- Perrhaebia
- Where
- 39.83° N, 22.79° E
Rhizus is located on the sea-coast in the area subject to Philoctetes and Eumelus. Strabo 9.5.22 Rhizus is listed as a town situated in the region of Thessaly. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 4.16 ΒΆ1
Described in the sources
Rhizus is situated near Homolium, which is close to Ossa. Strabo 9.5.22 Rhizus is currently a village that belongs to the city of Demetrias. Strabo 9.5.15
Stories and history
The inhabitants of Rhizus were collected and moved to Demetrias by Demetrius Poliorcetes. Strabo 9.5.15 Strabo suggests Rhizus might belong to the Magnetes if their territory extends to the coast, though the exact assignment remains unsettled due to unclear geographical order. Strabo 9.5.22