Eupalium[1] or Eupalion (Ancient Greek: Εὐπάλιον),[2] or Eupolium or Eupolion (Εὐπόλιον),[3] or Euplaia[4] (Εὐπαλία)[5] was one of the chief towns of Ozolian Locris, situated near the sea, and between Naupactus and Oeantheia.[2] It was the place chosen by Demosthenes for the deposit of his plunder, in 426 BCE; and it was shortly afterwards taken by Eurylochus, the Spartan commander, along with Oeneon.[3] After the time of Alexander the Great, Eupalium fell into the hands of the Aetolians; and Philip V of Macedon, when he made a descent upon the Aetolian coast in 207 BCE, landed at Erythrae, which is described by Livy as near Eupalium.[1] This Erythrae was probably the port of Eupalium.

Eupalium's site is located near Kastro Soule.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 28.8.
  2. 1 2 Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix p, 427, x. p, 450. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. 1 2 Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 3.96, 102.
  4. ↑ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.3.4.
  5. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  6. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  7. ↑ 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). "Eupalium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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