Cierium, also called Kierion, was a town and polis in the district of Thessaliotis in ancient Thessaly. Some ancient commentators, including Stephanus of Byzantium, held that it was the successor to the Homeric town of Arne, the chief town of the Aeolian Boeotians in Thessaly before their emigration to Boeotia. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Cierium or Kierion (Ancient Greek: Κιέριον) was a town and polis (city-state) in the district of Thessaliotis in ancient Thessaly, which according to some ancient commentators, such as Stephanus of Byzantium was the successor to the Homeric Arne, the chief town of the Aeolian Boeotians in Thessaly, from which they emigrated to Boeotia.
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