Spalathra
Σπάλαυθρα
Spalathra (Plin. Nat. 4.9. s. 16; Σπάλαυθρα, Scylax, p. 25; Σπαλέθρη, Steph. B. sub voce Σπάλαθρον, Hellanic. ap. Steph. B. sub voce: Eth. Σπαλαθραῖος), a town of Magnesia, in Thessaly, upon the Pagasaean gulf. It is conjectured that this town is meant by Lycophron (899), who describes Prothous, the leader of the Magnetes in the Iliad, as ὁ ἐκ Παλαύθρων (Σπαλαύθρων). (See Müller, ad Scyl. l.c.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.