Ainis
Sign in to saveAinis (, , Modern Greek , ) or Aeniania (), was a region of ancient Greece located near Lamia in modern Central Greece, roughly corresponding to the upper valley of the Spercheios river.
Key facts
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- Ainis
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- Αἰνίς
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- Region of Ancient Greece
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- View of Ainis from Mount Oeta
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- Valley of Spercheios Shepherd.jpg
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- The valley of Spercheios with Ainis (Aeniania).
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- Location
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- Central Greece
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- Major cities
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- Hypata, Spercheiai?
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- Dialects
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- Doric
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- Hellenistic
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Ainis (, , Modern Greek , ) or Aeniania (), was a region of ancient Greece located near Lamia in modern Central Greece, roughly corresponding to the upper valley of the Spercheios river.
==Name== The region takes its name from the tribe of the Ainianians, who dwelt in the area. The name Ainis first occurs in Roman times; the only known earlier name of the region was "land of the Aenianians", Ainianōn khōra (Theopompus).