Rhium_(Messenia)

Rhium (Messenia)

Rhium (Messenia)

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Rhium or Rhion (Ancient Greek: Ῥίον) was a town of ancient Messenia, in the Thuriate Gulf, and also the name of one of the five divisions into which the mythical Cresphontes is said to have divided Messenia.[1] Strabo describes Rhium as over against Taenarum (ἀπεναντίον Ταινάρον), which is not a very accurate expression, as hardly any place on the western coast, except the vicinity of Cape Acritas, is in sight from Taenarum.[2]

Its site is unlocated.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii. pp. 360, 361. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. [2]
    William Martin Leake, Morea, vol. i. p. 459.
  3. [3]
    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.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Rhium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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