Epidelium

Epidelium or Epidelion (Ancient Greek: Ἐπιδήλιον), called Delium or Delion (Δήλιον) by Strabo,[1] was a small town on the eastern coast of ancient Laconia, situated within the territories of Boeae, at the distance of 100 stadia from Cape Malea, and 200 from Epidaurus Limera. Epidelium was a sanctuary of Apollo, erected at the time of the Mithridatic War, when a wooden statue of the god floated to this spot from Delos, after the devastation of the island by Metrophanes, the general of Mithridates VI.[2][1]

Its site is located north of the modern Agios Phokas.[3][4]

References
  1. Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii. p.368. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. Pausanias. Description of Greece. Vol. 3.23.2. , et seq.}}
  3. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.
  4. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Epidelium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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