Potamus (Attica)

Potamus or Potamos (Ancient Greek: Ποταμός) was the name of several demoi of ancient Attica. They lay on the east coast north of Thoricus, and were once a populous place: they were celebrated as containing the sepulchre of Ion.[1][2][3][4] The port of Potamus was probably the one which received the Peloponnesian fleet in 411 BCE.[5]

The demoi were: Potamus Deiradiotes, Potamus Hypenerthen, and Potamus Kathyperthen.

References

  1. ↑ Strabo. Geographica. ix. pp, 398, 399. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. ↑ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 1.31.2. , 7.1.2.
  3. ↑ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 4.7.11.
  4. ↑ Suda, s.v. Ποταμός; Harpocr., s.v. Ποταμός
  5. ↑ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. 8.95.

 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.

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