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Medeon (Boeotia)

Coordinates: 38°23′11″N 23°10′02″E / 38.386401°N 23.167231°E / 38.386401; 23.167231
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38°23′11″N 23°10′02″E / 38.386401°N 23.167231°E / 38.386401; 23.167231

Cylindrical stone seal Medeon in Boeotia, dated to the Middle Helladic, c. 2000–1700 BCE

Medeon (Template:Lang-grc) was a town of ancient Boeotia, mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad.[1] Medeon is described by Strabo as a dependency of Haliartus, and situated near Onchestus, at the foot of Mount Phoenicium, from which position it was afterwards called Phoenicis.[2][3]

The site of Medeon is located near modern Davlosi (Davlosis).[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.501.
  2. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. pp. 410, 423. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.7.12.
  4. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  5. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Medeon". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.