Medeon (Boeotia)

Medeon (Ancient Greek: Μεδεών) 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]

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

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

References
  1. Homer. Iliad. 2.501.
  2. Strabo. Geographica. ix. pp. 410, 423. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 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.

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


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