Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . tsboth of Diodorus and Strabo, that it occupied a sitenea7 to, hut distinct from, that of Sybaris ( 10; Strab. I. c): hence the position suggested ~by some local topographers at the foot of the hill ofTerranova, is probably too far iidand. It is morelikely that the true site is to be sought to the the Coscile (the ancient Sybaris), a few miles fromthe sea, where, according to Zannonis map, ruins stillexist, attributed by that geographer to Sybaris, butwhich are probably in reality those of Thurii. Swin-burne, however, mentions Roman ruins
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . tsboth of Diodorus and Strabo, that it occupied a sitenea7 to, hut distinct from, that of Sybaris ( 10; Strab. I. c): hence the position suggested ~by some local topographers at the foot of the hill ofTerranova, is probably too far iidand. It is morelikely that the true site is to be sought to the the Coscile (the ancient Sybaris), a few miles fromthe sea, where, according to Zannonis map, ruins stillexist, attributed by that geographer to Sybaris, butwhich are probably in reality those of Thurii. Swin-burne, however, mentions Roman ruins as existingin the peninsula formed by the rivers Crathis andSybaris near their junction, which may perhaps bethose of Thurii. (Swinburne, Travels, vol. i. , 292 ; Romanelli, vol. i. p. 236.) The wholesubject is very obscure, and a careful exuniinutionof the localities is still much needed. The coins of Tiiurii are of great beauty; theirnumber and variety indeed gives us a higlior ideaof the opulence and prosperity of the city than. coix or Tiiuuii. 1194 THUEIUII. we should gather from the statements of ancientwriters. [E. H. THURIUM. TBoEOTiA, p. 412, b.] THYAMIA. [IliLius, p. 602, b.] THYAMIS a river of Epeirus, flowinginto the sea near a promontory of the same name.(Ptol. iii. 14. §§ 4, 5.) It formed the northernboundary of Tliesprotia, wliich it separated fromCestrine, a district of Chaonia (Thuc. i. 46 ; p. 324 ; Pans. i. 11. § 2; Cic. ad Alt vii. 2, deLeg. ii. 3; Plin. iv. 1.) It is now called Ka-lama, apparently from the large reeds and aquaticplants which grow upon one of its principal tribu-taries. Its ancient name seems to have been derivedfrom the dva or juniper, which, Leake informs us,though not abundant near the sources of the river,is common in the woody hills which border themiddle of its course. The historian Phylarchusrelated (o/j. A then. iii. p. 73) that the Egyptianbean, which grew only in marshy places and nowherebut in
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