. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . irectroad from Sicyon to Phlius. The direct road wasto the right of the Asopus; and the circuitous roadthrough Titane to the left of that river. Betweenthese two roads, at the distance of 20 stadia fromSicyon, was a sacred grove, containing a temple of theEumenides. (Paus. ii. 11. § 3, seq.) East of Sicyonwas Epieicia, on the river Xemea. [Efieicia.] Inthe same direction was the fortress Derajs. (Aspai,Xen. Hell. vii. 1. § 22.) There was also a fortressPhoebia, taken by Epaminondas in his marchthrough the valley of the Asopus: it is probably thesame
. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . irectroad from Sicyon to Phlius. The direct road wasto the right of the Asopus; and the circuitous roadthrough Titane to the left of that river. Betweenthese two roads, at the distance of 20 stadia fromSicyon, was a sacred grove, containing a temple of theEumenides. (Paus. ii. 11. § 3, seq.) East of Sicyonwas Epieicia, on the river Xemea. [Efieicia.] Inthe same direction was the fortress Derajs. (Aspai,Xen. Hell. vii. 1. § 22.) There was also a fortressPhoebia, taken by Epaminondas in his marchthrough the valley of the Asopus: it is probably thesame place as Buphia. [Buphia.] Strabo (ix. ) mentions a demus Plataeae in the Sicyonia.(Hagen, Sicyonia, Regimont. 1831; Gompf, Si-cyoniacorum Spec. Berol. 1832, Torg. 1834; Bo-brik, De Sicyoniae Topographia, Regimont. 1839;Leake, Morea, vol. iii. p. 351, seq. ; Boblaye,Recherches, <fc. p. 30, seq.; Ross, Reisen im Pelo-ponnes, p. 39, seq.; Curtius, Peloponmsos, vol. 482, seq.; Beule, Etudes sur le Pel<p. 343, seq.). COIN OF SICYON. SIDAE (2i5ai), a place in Boeotia, celebratedfor its pomegranates. Hence the Boeotians calledthis fruit o-/5rj, though the more usual name wasf>oia. As the Athenians are said to have contendedwith the Boeotians for the possession of the place, itmust have been upon the borders of Attica, butits exact site is unknown. (Athen. xiv. pp. 650,651.) SIDE (2i8ij: Eth. SiStjttjs), a town with a goodharbour on the coast of Pamphylia, 50 stadia to thewest of the river Meias, and 350 east of Attaleia.(Stad. Afar. Mug. § 214. foil.) The town wasfounded by Cumae in Aeolis. (Scylax, /p. 40; Strab. xiv. p. 667, comp. p. 664; Steph. v.; Pomp. Mela, i. 15.) Arrian (Anab. i. 26).who admits the Cumaean origin of the place, relatesa tradition current at Side itself, according to whichthe Sidetae were the most ancient colonists sent outfrom Cumae, but soon after their establishment intheir new home forgot the Greek language, andformed a peculiar
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