Upper Potamus

Upper Potamus, or Potamus Kathyperthen or Potamos Kathyperthen (Ancient Greek: Ποταμός καθύπερθεν), was a deme of ancient Attica. It lay on the east coast north of Thoricus, and was once a populous place: it was celebrated as containing the sepulchre of Ion.[1][2][3][4]

Upper Potamus is tentatively located at Kaisariani monastery.[5][6]

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. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  6. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 59, and directory notes accompanying.

 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: 37°57′42″N 23°47′52″E / 37.9618°N 23.7979°E / 37.9618; 23.7979

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