Apollonia
(belonging to Apollo), a city of Macedonia, through which Paul and Silas passed in their way from Philippi and Amphipolis to Thessalonica. (Acts 17:1) According to the Antonine Itinerary it was distant 30 Roman miles from Amphipolis and 37 Roman miles from Thessalonica.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Apollonia
Apollonia ap-o-lo'-ni-a (Apollonia): A town in Mygdonia, a district in Macedonia. It was situated a little to the south of Lake Bolbe, on the Via Egnatia, the great Roman road leading from the coast of the Adriatic to the river Hebrus (Maritza), one of the main military and commercial highways of the empire: it lay between Amphipolis and Thessalonica, a day's journey (Livy xlv.28) or about 30 Roman miles from the former and 38 from the latter. The foundation of the town may perhaps be attributed to about 432 BC; in any case, coins are extant which attest its existence in the 4th century BC (Head, Historia Numorum, 181). Paul and Silas passed through the town on their journey from Philippi to Thessalonica, but do not appear to have stayed there (Ac 17:1). The name seems to have survived in the modern Pollina (Leake, Northern Greece, III, 458; Cousinery, Voyage dans la Macedoine, I, 115). ⇒See a list of verses on APOLLONIA in the Bible. Marcus N. Tod ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Apollonia
ApoUonia, in Ac 17', a town through which St. Paul passed, after leaving Anipliipolis, on his way to Thessalonica. It was an inland Gra;co-Macedonian town in the district of Mygdonia, distant from Am|iliipolis a day's journey (Liv. xlv. 28) or about 30 miles, and from Thessalonica about 38 miles. It lay not far from the Lake Bolbe, and the Via Egnatia pa.sscd through it. Little ia known of its history. Its name (so common as to be represented bv 33 entries in Pauly-Wias. RE, three in Mnci'donia itself, while the most important was A. in lllyri;i) seems preserved in the modern Pnllinn (Ltake, A'.G. iii. 458). William P. Dickso.n. APOLLONIUS fAroXXiiriot). — Apollonius, a personal name of frequent occurrence (under which 129 entries appear in Pauly-Wiiis. RE), is bornu by several persons mentioned in 1 and 2 Mac. 1. The first, in the apparent order of time, is described (2 Mac 3°) as son of Thras.-eue (or 124 APOLLONIUS APOLLOS Thraseaa ; — the RV notes the text as probably corrupt, and uuggests, as perhaps the true reading, 'Apollonius of 'larsus'), and governor ((rrpaTj^yis) of Coile…
Fausset's Bible Dictionary on Apollonia
A city of Macedonia. Paul and Silas passed through it on their way to Thessalonica from Philippi and Amphipolis (Act 17:1). in Mygdonia, 80 miles from Amphipolis, 37 from Thessalonica.
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