39°17′19″N 22°53′47″E / 39.288652°N 22.896426°E Demetrium or Demetrion ( Ancient Greek: Δημήτριον), was a town of Phthiotis in ancient Thessaly, whose name derived from a temple of Demeter near Pyrasus spoken of by Homer in the Iliad, and which Strabo describes as the successor settlement to, and two stadia distant from Pyrasus. [1] Besides Strabo, Demetrium is mentioned by numerous ancient authors: in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, [2] by Livy, [3] Pomponius Mela, [4] and Stephanus of Byzantium. [5]
The site of Demetrium is tentatively located within Kantiraga. [6] [7]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Pyrasus".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
39°17′19″N 22°53′47″E / 39.288652°N 22.896426°E Demetrium or Demetrion ( Ancient Greek: Δημήτριον), was a town of Phthiotis in ancient Thessaly, whose name derived from a temple of Demeter near Pyrasus spoken of by Homer in the Iliad, and which Strabo describes as the successor settlement to, and two stadia distant from Pyrasus. [1] Besides Strabo, Demetrium is mentioned by numerous ancient authors: in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, [2] by Livy, [3] Pomponius Mela, [4] and Stephanus of Byzantium. [5]
The site of Demetrium is tentatively located within Kantiraga. [6] [7]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Pyrasus".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.