Derium

Derium or Derion (Ancient Greek: Δήριον) was a town of ancient Acarnania. The city is attested by epigraphic Greek inscriptions of the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE, among which are a record of theorodokoi receiving theoroi of Nemea dated to 331/0–313 BCE,^[1] an inscription in the sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus where proxenos is named as a citizen of Derium,^[2] and a treaty between the Ateolians and Acarnanians of the 3rd century BCE.^[3] The inhabitants of Derium are also mentioned by Diodorus, which indicates that towards the year 314 BCE, they settled in Agrinium on the advice of Cassander.^[4]

Its site is located near the modern Skourtou.^[5]^[6]

References[edit]

^ SEG 36:331 A 41-43.
^ ''Inscriptions of the Asclepeion of Epidaurus 42,61,65.
^ IG IX,1² 1:3,23.
^ Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 19.67.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

38°38′35″N 21°11′10″E / 38.643°N 21.186°E / 38.643; 21.186

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[1] SEG 36:331 A 41-43.

[2] ''Inscriptions of the Asclepeion of Epidaurus 42,61,65.

[3] IG IX,1² 1:3,23.

[4] Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 19.67.

[5] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

[6] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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