PHLIUS (city in Phliasia)
Ancient city in Corinthia, Greece
Described in the sources
Phlius is located in the province of Achaia. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 4.6 ¶1 Phlious is located beneath the shadeless primal hills. Pindar, Nemean 6 ¶9 The district surrounding Phlius was later named Asopis. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 4.6 ¶1 The district surrounding Phlius was named Aræthyrea by Homer. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 4.6 ¶1 Phlius is positioned before Sicyon in the geographical order of towns. Pausanias 2.25.5 Phlius was positioned opposite the Bactrian troops in the Persian battle line. Herodotus 9.31.3 The people of Phlius claimed Dysaules came to their city for a specific reason. Pausanias 2.14.3 A painting by Sillax the Rhegian is located in the portico of the polemarchs at Phlius. Athenaeus 5.45 One thousand men from Phlius were positioned next to the troops from Mycenae and Tiryns. Herodotus 9.28.4
Stories and history
Two hundred men from Phlius joined the Greek forces waiting for the Persians at Thermopylae. Herodotus 7.202.1 +2 Phlius was freed from tyrannical rule by Aratus. Strabo 8.7.3 Phlius armed its men to support the king Adrastus. Statius, Thebaid 4.21-45 ¶2 Phlius was added to the Achaean league after gaining liberty. Strabo 8.7.3 Zeus took the nymph Aegina away from this city to another island. Diodorus 4.72 The river god Asopus married Metope while residing in this location. Diodorus 4.72 Timaenetus, a native of Phlius, won the race in armour at the twenty-third Pythian Festival. Pausanias 10.7.7