Potamus or Potamos (Ancient Greek: Ποταμός) was the name of several demoi of ancient Attica. They lay on the east coast north of Thoricus, and were once a populous place: they were celebrated as containing the sepulchre of Ion.[1][2][3][4] The port of Potamus was probably the one which received the Peloponnesian fleet in 411 BCE.[5]
The demoi were: Potamus Deiradiotes, Potamus Hypenerthen, and Potamus Kathyperthen.
References[edit]
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. pp, 398, 399. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "31.2". Description of Greece. Vol. 1. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library., 7.1.2.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.7.11.
- ^ Suda, s.v. Ποταμός; Harpocr., s.v. Ποταμός
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 8.95.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Attica". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.