Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . tadia which, according to Strabo, was the distancefrom Araethyrea to Phlius. On Mt. Tricaranum are the remains of a smallHellenic fortress called Paleohastron, which is pro-bably the fortress erected by the Argives on thismoimtain. (Xen. Hell. vii. 2. §§ 1, 5, 11, 13;Dem. Megal. p. 206; Harpocrat. s. v. TpiKapavov-Steph. B. s. V. TptKcipava.^ Thyamia, which theSicyonians fortified, as already narrated (Xen. 2. § 1), is placed by Eoss on the lofty hill ofSpiriti, the northern prolongation of Tricaranum,between the villages Stimdnga and Skrapdn
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . tadia which, according to Strabo, was the distancefrom Araethyrea to Phlius. On Mt. Tricaranum are the remains of a smallHellenic fortress called Paleohastron, which is pro-bably the fortress erected by the Argives on thismoimtain. (Xen. Hell. vii. 2. §§ 1, 5, 11, 13;Dem. Megal. p. 206; Harpocrat. s. v. TpiKapavov-Steph. B. s. V. TptKcipava.^ Thyamia, which theSicyonians fortified, as already narrated (Xen. 2. § 1), is placed by Eoss on the lofty hill ofSpiriti, the northern prolongation of Tricaranum,between the villages Stimdnga and Skrapdni; onthe summit are the remains of a large round tower,probably built by the Franks or Byzantines. In thesouthern part of the Phliasia is the (AiofT/coi^pio;), which is mentioned only by Polybius(iv. 67, 68, 73), and which lay on the road fromCorinth over the mountain Apelauron into the Stym-phalia. (Leake, J/orea, vol. iii. p. 339, seq.; Ross,Reisen im Peloponnes, p. 25, seq.; Curtius, Peto-ponnesos, vol. ii. p. 470, seq.). M^VP OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF PHUUS. A. Phlius. B. Araethyrea or Arantia. C. Mount D. The Asopus. 1. Ruins, perhaps of Celeae. 2. The gate leading to Corinth. 3. Palcokastron on Mount Tricaranuilli 4. The way to Nemea. PHLYA. [Attica, p. 332, b.] PHLYGONIUM. PHLYGONIUM (^^AvySviov), a city of Phocls,of unknown site, destroyed at the end of the PhocianWar. (Paus. s. 3. § 2; Steph. B. s. v.) PHnycalls it Phlygone, and erroneously represents it as acity of Boeotia (iv. 7. s. 12). PHOCAEA (*co)caia: Eth. ^ooKaievs or *a)-Kaevs), the most northern of the Ionian cities inAsia Minor, was situated on a peninsula, betweenthe Sinus Cymaeus and the Sinus Hermaeus, andat a distance of 200 stadia from Smyrna. ( p. 632; Plin. V. 31 ; Pomp. Mela, i. 17.) It?was said to have been founded by emigrants fromPhocis, under the guidance of two Athenian chiefs,Philogenes and Damon. (Strab. I. c. p. 633 ; 3. § 5.) The first settlers
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