place
Hales
the Hales
also: Haletem, the Halaes
A river near Velia in Lucania (modern Alento), famous in antiquity; Cicero calls it a noble river and urges Trebatius not to leave his ancestral property beside it (Fam. 7.20). Not to be confused with Halaesa in Sicily (place:halaesa).
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 7.20 §1 the Halaes, that noble river
The Hales (modern Alento), a small but celebrated river beside Velia in Lucania; the town's air and water were so prized that the philosopher Parmenides and his school were associated with it.