DIUM (city in Euboea)
Ancient city of Euboea
- Kind of place
- City
- Region
- Euboea
- Where
- 38.85° N, 22.87° E
Dium is a rock-perched town in Euboea situated beneath the mountain Olympus. Iliad 2 ¶38 The people of Dium claim the river Helicon sank underground to avoid washing blood from Orpheus's killers. Pausanias 9.30.8 Orpheus is said to have lived in the village near Dium. Strabo 7.fragments.18
Described in the sources
The location of Libethra is near Dium. Strabo 7.fragments.18 Dium overlooks the strait leading to Cynus. Strabo 10.1.5 The city is located near the town of Oreus. Strabo 10.1.5 The village of Pimplea is located near Dium. Strabo 7.fragments.18 Dium is situated on the promontory known as Cenaeum. Strabo 10.1.5 The Abantes held Dium along with other cities in Euboea. Iliad 2 ¶38 Democles and his colleagues were sent on an embassy to this city. Athenaeus 6.56 Dium was one of the cities formerly famous on the island of Euboea. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 4.21 ¶1
Stories and history
The city sent colonists to the place called Canae in Aeolia. Strabo 10.1.5 The Persian intended to convert Dion into an island town rather than a mainland one. Herodotus 7.22.3