Erineus (city)
38°41′47″N 22°24′36″E / 38.6963°N 22.4099°E Erineus or Erineos (
Lacedemonians came to their defense, with troops commanded by Nicomedes of Sparta and forced the Phocians to retreat.[2]
According to Tyrtaeus, Erineus is the town from which the Spartans originally came.[12]
Its location within what is now the town of Kastellia (Καστέλλια), Greece.[13][14]
References
- ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- ^ a b Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 1.107.
- ^ Scymn. Ch. 591.
- ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.15.15.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ Tzetz. ad Lycophr. 741; Schol. ad Pind. Pyth. 1.121.
- ^ Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. Vol. 2.3.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.7.13.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 9.4-10, 10.4.6. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii. p.362, ix. p. 427. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 8.43.
- ^ Strabo, CURFRAG.tlg-0266.1Strabo citing Tyrtaeus: “He says he is of that place in the Elegy entitled Eunomia or Orderliness : For Cronus's Son Himself, Zeus the husband of fair-crowned Hera, hath given this city [Sparta] to the children of Heracles, with whom we came into the wide isle of Pelops from windy Erineus."
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Erineus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.- STOA
