Delphinium or Delphinion (Ancient Greek: Δελφίνιον) was a town of ancient Boeotia or of ancient Attica, the port-town of Oropus. Strabo, calls the harbour "sacred" and says it was opposite ancient Eretria in Euboea at a distance of 60 stadia; he places it at the beginning of Boeotia, 20 stadia from Oropus.[1] Thucydides writes that during the last part of the Peloponnesian War, the port was fortified by the Athenians.[2]

Its site is located near modern Kamaraki.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.403. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. ↑ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 8.38-40.
  3. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, 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). "Delphinium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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