Corium (Crete)
Corium or Korion (Ancient Greek: Κόριον)[1] was a town of ancient Crete, near which was a temple to Athena[2] and Lake Koresia (λίμνη Κορησία), which was Crete's only natural freshwater lake.
Its site is located near modern Voulgari Armokastella, Melampes.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ↑ comp. Cicero N. D. 3.23; Pausanias (1918). "21.4". 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.)
- ↑ Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
- ↑ 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). "Corium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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