39°17′19″N 22°53′47″E / 39.288652°N 22.896426°E Demetrium or Demetrion (Ancient Greek: Δημήτριον), was a town of Phthiotis in ancient Thessaly, whose name derived from a temple of Demeter near Pyrasus spoken of by Homer in the Iliad, and which Strabo describes as the successor settlement to, and two stadia distant from Pyrasus.[1] Besides Strabo, Demetrium is mentioned by numerous ancient authors: in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax,[2] by Livy,[3] Pomponius Mela,[4] and Stephanus of Byzantium.[5]
The site of Demetrium is tentatively located within Kantiraga.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.435. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, p. 24, Hudson ed.
- ^ Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 28.6.
- ^ Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. Vol. 2.3.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Δημήτριον.
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Pyrasus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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