Proerna

39°14′37″N 22°16′23″E Proerna (Ancient Greek: Πρόερνα) was a town and polis (city-state) of Phthiotis, in ancient Thessaly.^[1] Strabo lists the town between Thaumaci and Pharsalus, in Phthiotis, but otherwise provides no indication of its exact location.^[2] Stephanus of Byzantium writes Proarna (Προάρνα), and calls it by mistake a town of the Malians.^[3] In 191 BCE, Proerna, which had been taken by Antiochus III, was recovered by the consul Manius Acilius Glabrio during the latter's advance through Thessaly, a little while before the Battle of Thermopylae.^[4] We learn from this passage of Livy that Proerna stood between Pharsalus and Thaumaci.^[4]

The site of Proerna has been located at a place called Neo Monastiri (meaning, "new monastery") in the territory of Gynaikokastro.^[5][6]