Aphetae
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39°08′27″N 23°16′27″E Aphetae or Aphetai (Ancient Greek: Ἀφεταί[1] or Ἀφέται[2]) was a port of Magnesia in Ancient Thessaly, said to have derived its name from the departure of the Argonauts from it.[3]
The Persian fleet occupied the bay of Aphetae, previous to the Battle of Artemisium in 480 BCE, from which Aphetae was distant 80 stadia, according to Herodotus.[4]
William Martin Leake identifies Aphetae with the modern harbor of Trikeri, or alternatively with the harbor between the island of Paleo Trikeri and the mainland.[3] Modern scholars tentatively place the site of Aphetae in a place called Kato Yeoryios near the modern village of Platania (Πλατανιάς).[5][6] The modern village of Afetes, at some distance to Kato Yeoryios, was renamed to reflect this ancient port.
