. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . stadia which, according to Strabo, was the distancefrom Araethyrea to Phlius. On Mt. Tricaranum are the remains of a smallHellenic fortress called Paleokaslron, which is pro-bably the fortress erected by the Argives on thismountain. (Xen. Hell. vii. 2. §§ 1, 5, 11, 13;Dem. Illegal, p. 206; Harpocrat. s. v. TpiKapavov;Steph. B. s. v. TpiKapava.) Thyamia, which theSicyonians fortified, as already narrated (Xpu. 2. § 1), is placed by Ross on the lofty hill ofSpbrid-y the northern prolongation of Tricaranum,between the villages Stimdnga and Skr
. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . stadia which, according to Strabo, was the distancefrom Araethyrea to Phlius. On Mt. Tricaranum are the remains of a smallHellenic fortress called Paleokaslron, which is pro-bably the fortress erected by the Argives on thismountain. (Xen. Hell. vii. 2. §§ 1, 5, 11, 13;Dem. Illegal, p. 206; Harpocrat. s. v. TpiKapavov;Steph. B. s. v. TpiKapava.) Thyamia, which theSicyonians fortified, as already narrated (Xpu. 2. § 1), is placed by Ross on the lofty hill ofSpbrid-y 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 Dioscurion(AioiTKovptoi), which is mentioned only by Polybius(iv. 67, 68, 73), and which lay on the road fromCorinth over the mountain Apelanron into the Stym-phalia. (Leake, Morea, vol. iii. p. 339, seq.; Ross, im Peloponnes, p. 25, seq.; Curtius, Pelo-ponnesos, vol. ii. p. 470, seq ). MAP OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF PHUUS. A. Phlius. B. Araethyrea or Arantia. C. Mount D. The Asopus. 1. Kuins, perhaps of Celeae. 2. The gate leading to Corinth. 3. Paledkasiron on Mount Tricaranum 4. The way to Nemea. PHLYA. [Attica, p. 332, b.] PHLYGOXIUM. PIILYGOXIUM (*\vyovtov), a city of Phocis,of unknown site, destroyed at the end of the PhocianWar. (Paus. x. 3. § 2; Steph. B. s. v.) Plinycalls it Phlygone, and erroneously represents it as acity of Boeotia (iv. 7. s. 12). PHOCAEA (QuiKata: Eth. QcuKcutvs or o>-Kaevs), the most northern of the Ionian cities inAsia Minor, was situated on a peninsula, betweenthe Sinus Cymaeus and the Siuus Hermaeus, andat a distance of 200 stadia from Smyrna. ( p. 632; Plin. v. 31 ; Pomp. Mela, i. 17.) Itwas said to have been founded by emigrants fromPhocis, under the guidance of two Athenian chiefs,Philogenes and Damon. (Strab. 1. c. p. 633 ; 3. § 5.) The first settlers d
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