Dereium or Dereion (Ancient Greek: Δέρειον), also known as Dera (Δέρα)[1] and Derrhium or Derrhion (Δέρριον),[2] was a town of ancient Laconia. Pausanias writes that it was on Taygetus not far from Lapithaeum, and 20 stadia from Harpleia. Dereium possessed an open image of Artemis Dereatis, and a spring called Anonus.[3]

Its site is unlocated.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. ↑ Public Domain Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Derrhium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
  3. ↑ Pausanias (1918). "20.7". Description of Greece. Vol. 3. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  4. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.


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