GREEK MYTHOSThe Godsunder Codex · Places
PHOENICE (city in Thesprotia)
Ancient city and archaeological site in Albania
- Kind of place
- City
- Region
- Thesprotia
- Where
- 39.91° N, 20.06° E
Phoenice is located above the gulf at Buthrotum. Strabo 7.7.5 Homer describes a high, forested mountain named Nysa, where Dionysus was born and reared, as being far away in Phoenice. Diodorus 4.2
Described in the sources
Phoenice is situated near the streams of the river Aegyptus. Diodorus 3.66 +2 Homer's catalogue lists Phoenice among the foreign lands he visited. Strabo 1.2.20 part 1