Ossa — a town of the Bisaltae, which, before the annexation of Bisaltia to the kingdom of Macedonia…
Ancient Greek word, found 50 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Odyssey 11.315: Ὄσσαν ἐπʼ Οὐλύμπῳ μέμασαν θέμεν, αὐτὰρ ἐπʼ Ὄσσῃ
Herodotus, Histories 1.56.3: ἐπὶ μὲν γὰρ Δευκαλίωνος βασιλέος οἴκεε γῆν τὴν Φθιῶτιν, ἐπὶ δὲ Δώρου τοῦ Ἕλληνος τὴν ὑπὸ τὴν Ὄσσαν τε καὶ τὸν Ὄλυμπον χώρην, καλεομένην δὲ Ἱστιαιῶτιν· ἐκ δὲ τῆς Ἱστιαιώτιδος ὡς ἐξανέστη ὑπὸ Καδμείων, οἴκεε ἐν …
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.598: Ὄσσης Οὐλύμποιό τʼ ἐσέδρακον· αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα
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