Medeon (Boeotia)
Coordinates: 38°23′11″N 23°10′02″E / 38.386401°N 23.167231°E
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Cylindrical stone seal Medeon in Boeotia, dated to the Middle Helladic, c. 2000–1700 BCE
Medeon (Ancient Greek: Μεδεών) was a town of ancient Boeotia, mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad.[1] Medeon is described by Strabo as a dependency of Haliartus, and situated near Onchestus, at the foot of Mount Phoenicium, from which position it was afterwards called Phoenicis.[2][3]
The site of Medeon is located near modern Davlosi (Davlosis).[4][5]
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References
- ↑ Homer. Iliad. 2.501.
- ↑ Strabo. Geographica. ix. pp. 410, 423. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ↑ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 4.7.12.
- ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.
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