Historical place profile
Mieza
An ancient Macedonian settlement, located between Beroia and Edessa (between the modern villages of Lefkadia and Kopanos). Ancient sources report that it was here that Philip built facilities at which Aristotle taught the young Alexander and his colleagues.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:491664
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:491664
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 40.644802, 22.122616
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient Macedonian settlement, located between Beroia and Edessa (between the modern villages of Lefkadia and Kopanos). Ancient sources report that it was here that Philip built facilities at which Aristotle taught the young Alexander and his colleagues.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 50 B3 Mieza
Source and reuse
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Research path
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