Thyraeum

Thyraeum or Thyraion (Ancient Greek: Θυραῖον) was a city in ancient Arcadia, Greece, in the district Cynuria. According to Greek mythology, it was founded by Thyraeus, a son of Lycaon.^[1]^[2] It was already ruined in the 2nd century, when it was visited by Pausanias.^[3] It was near Hypsus (present Stemnitsa), Zoetia and Paroria.

Its site is tentatively located near modern Syrna.^[4]^[5]

References[edit]

^ Pausanias (1918). "35.7". Description of Greece. Vol. 8. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
^ Pausanias (1918). "3.3". Description of Greece. Vol. 8. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ 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). "Thyraeum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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