Phylace (Pieria)
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Phylace or Phylake (Ancient Greek: Φυλακή or Φμλάκη, Phylakē), or Phylaces or Phylakes (Φυλακές, Phylakēs), or Phylacae or Phylakai (Φυλακαὶ, Phylakaí), was a city in mountainous ancient Pieria, Macedon,[1] on the Haliacmon river, north of Balla. Parmenion, son of Glaucias, Phylacean (Greek: Παρμενίων Γλαυκίου Φυλακαῖος) was a dolichos runner and winner in the Alexandrian games at Beroea in 3rd or 2nd century BCE (dedicated to Alexander the Great).[2] Pliny mentions the inhabitants under the name Phylacaei.[3]
Its site is unlocated.[4]