ERINEUS (town in Phocis)
Town and city-state in ancient Doris
- Kind of place
- Town
- Region
- Phocis
- Where
- 38.70° N, 22.41° E
Erineus is the location where Theseus killed the man known as Procrustes. Plutarch, Theseus 11.1 The location is situated beside a violent river named Cephisus. Pausanias 1.38.5 Erineus was one of the four cities that made up the Dorian Tetrapolis. Strabo 9.4.10
Described in the sources
The city of Pindus is located above Erineus. Strabo 9.4.10 Expelled Dorians returned to this town to make their homes there. Diodorus 4.67 The coastal distance from the Fort of Athena to Erineus is ninety stades. Pausanias 7.22.10 The land route distance is forty stades shorter than the coastal route described. Pausanias 7.22.10 Erineus is inland, with coastal voyage distances of ninety stades from the Fort of Athena and sixty to Aegium. Pausanias 7.22.10
Stories and history
Pluto is said to have descended to the underworld at this spot after abducting the Maid. Pausanias 1.38.5