Hermus (Attica)

Hermus or Hermos (Ancient Greek: Ἕρμος) was a deme of ancient Attica. It lay on the sacred road to Eleusis, between the Cephissus and the Pythium, a temple of Apollo on Mount Poecilum, upon a rivulet of the same name. Here was the splendid monument of Pythonice, the wife of Harpalus.[1][2][3]

The site of Hermus is tentatively identified with Chaidari.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Plutarch, Phoc. 22; Harpocration, s. v. Ἕρμος; Pausanias. Description of Greece. 1.37.4.
  2. ↑ Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae, 13.594
  3. ↑ Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). 17.108.
  4. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 59, and directory notes accompanying.
  5. ↑ 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). "Attica". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

Coordinates: 38°01′09″N 23°40′00″E / 38.019288°N 23.666626°E / 38.019288; 23.666626

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