Derium or Derion ( Ancient Greek: Δήριον) was a town of ancient Acarnania. The city is attested by epigraphic Greek inscriptions of the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE, among which are a record of theorodokoi receiving theoroi of Nemea dated to 331/0–313 BCE, [1] an inscription in the sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus where proxenos is named as a citizen of Derium, [2] and a treaty between the Ateolians and Acarnanians of the 3rd century BCE. [3] The inhabitants of Derium are also mentioned by Diodorus, which indicates that towards the year 314 BCE, they settled in Agrinium on the advice of Cassander. [4]
Its site is located near the modern Skourtou. [5] [6]
38°38′35″N 21°11′10″E / 38.643°N 21.186°E
Derium or Derion ( Ancient Greek: Δήριον) was a town of ancient Acarnania. The city is attested by epigraphic Greek inscriptions of the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE, among which are a record of theorodokoi receiving theoroi of Nemea dated to 331/0–313 BCE, [1] an inscription in the sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus where proxenos is named as a citizen of Derium, [2] and a treaty between the Ateolians and Acarnanians of the 3rd century BCE. [3] The inhabitants of Derium are also mentioned by Diodorus, which indicates that towards the year 314 BCE, they settled in Agrinium on the advice of Cassander. [4]
Its site is located near the modern Skourtou. [5] [6]
38°38′35″N 21°11′10″E / 38.643°N 21.186°E