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Eordaea (also spelled Eordaia or Eordia, Greek: Ἐορδαία) was a geographical region of upper Macedonia and later an administrative region of the kingdom of Macedon. Eordaea was located south of Lynkestis, west of Emathia, north of Elimiotis and east of Orestis.
The history of Eordaia can be found stretching long before 2000 BCE when the first Greeks known as the Mycenean Greeks began to inhabit this area. [5] Remnants of copper mines exploited from 2700 up until 1200 BCE indicate strongly that the Greeks inhabited Eordaia for many years. [5]
EORDAEA ( Ἐορδαία, Ἐορδία: Eth. Ἐορδός, Eth. Ἐορδαῖος ,Eordaeus, Eth. Eordensis ), a subdivision of Upper Macedonia, the inhabitants of which were dispossessed, by the Temenid princes, of their original seats, which, however, still continued to bear the name of Eordia. ( Thuc. 2.99 .)
Eordaea, I will continue with the topographical evolution of the sites situated within the modern Prefectures of Florina, Kozani, and Ptolemais, spanning from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period. The sites will be examined based on their arrangement in the territory, starting from north to south.
Ancient Eordaea By the Late Neolithic period (ca. 4000-2800 B.C.E.) movements of people became more pronounced as the western and central areas of Macedonia became more extensively settled. These settlements were mainly small and agricultural.
The type species of Elyra (and its synonym Eordaea) are related through facies similarities to Bertula alpheusalis Walker (see below and Owada (1992: 185)). Bertula has page priority over Elyra.
Berenice I ( Greek: Βερενίκη; c. 340 BC – between 279 and 268 BC) was Queen of Egypt by marriage to Ptolemy I Soter. She became the second queen, after Eurydice, of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt .
