Dium (Euboea)

Coordinates: 38°51′03″N 22°52′23″E / 38.8509°N 22.8731°E / 38.8509; 22.8731 Dium or Dion (Ancient Greek: Δῖον or Δίων or Δίον) was a town in the northwest of ancient Euboea near the promontory Cenaeum, from which Canae in Aeolis is said to have been a colony.[1][2][3] Dium is mentioned by Homer, as under the leadership of Elephenor, in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad.[4]

Dium is tentatively identified with the site of Likhas Kastri.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Strabo. Geographica. x. p.446. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. ↑ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 4.12.
  3. ↑ Ptolemy. The Geography. 3.15.25.
  4. ↑ Homer. Iliad. 2.538.
  5. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.
  6. ↑ 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). "Dium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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