Eupalium

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Eupalium[1] or Eupalion (Ancient Greek: Εὐπάλιον),[2] or Eupolium or Eupolion (Εὐπόλιον),[3] or Euplaia[4] (Εὐπαλία)[5] was one of the chief towns of Ozolian Locris, situated near the sea, and between Naupactus and Oeantheia.[2] It was the place chosen by Demosthenes for the deposit of his plunder, in 426 BCE; and it was shortly afterwards taken by , the Spartan commander, along with Oeneon.[3] After the time of Alexander the Great, Eupalium fell into the hands of the Aetolians; and Philip V of Macedon, when he made a descent upon the Aetolian coast in 207 BCE, landed at Erythrae, which is described by Livy as near Eupalium.[1] This Erythrae was probably the port of Eupalium.

Eupalium's site is located near .[6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Livy. Ab Urbe Condita Libri (History of Rome). 28.8.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Strabo. Geographica. ix p, 427, x. p, 450. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. 3.96, 102.
  4. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 4.3.4.
  5. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
  6. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  7. ^ 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). "Eupalium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

Coordinates: 38°24′54″N 21°56′11″E / 38.415046°N 21.936403°E / 38.415046; 21.936403


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