Oloosson
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39°53′55″N 22°11′15″E/39.8987°N 22.1875°E/ 39.8987; 22.1875
Oloosson (Ancient Greek:Ὀλοοσσών) was a town and polis (city-state) of Perrhaebia in ancient Thessaly near Elone and Gonnus, mentioned in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad by Homer, who gives to it the epithet of “white,” from its white argillaceous soil. In Procopius the name occurs in the corrupt form of Lossonus.
Several Greek inscriptions have been found concerning the city of Oloosson. In a votive inscription from the first half of the fourth centuryBCE that is dedicated to Apollo Pythius are also the names of some people together with various demonyms from Perrhaebia. In another inscription dated in the 1st centuryBCE, election procedures of magistrates are mentioned.
Ancient Oloosson was located at a site called Panayia in the modern town of Elassona.
This articleincorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Oloosson". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.