Dium_(Thessaly)

Dion (Thessaly)

Dion (Thessaly)

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Dion (Δίον)[1] or Dia (Δῖα or Δία) was a town of Phthiotis in ancient Thessaly.[2] In 302 BCE, Cassander planned to transfer the town's population to nearby Phthiotic Thebes but this was prevented by Demetrius Poliorcetes.[3][2]

Its site has tentatively been located at a place called Lichas Kastri.[4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. [2]
    Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 687. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  3. [3]
    Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 20.110.3.
  4. [4]
    Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  5. [5]
    Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.


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