Orobiae or Orobiai (Ancient Greek: Ὀρόβιαι) was a town on the western coast of ancient Euboea, between Aedepsus and Aegae, which possessed an oracle of Apollo Selinuntius.[1] The town was partly destroyed by an earthquake and an inundation of the sea in the 426 BC Malian Gulf tsunami.[2] This town seems to be the one mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium under the name of Orope (Ὀρόπη), who describes it as "a city of Euboea, having a very renowned temple of Apollo."[3]

Its site is located near the modern village of Rovies.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. x. p.445 comp. ix. p. 405. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. ↑ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 3.89.
  3. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Κορόπη.
  4. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  5. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.

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

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