Dereium

Dereium or Dereion (Ancient Greek: Δέρειον), also known as Dera (Δέρα)¹ and Derrhium or Derrhion (Δέρριον),² was a town of ancient Laconia. Pausanias writes that it was on Taygetus not far from Lapithaeum, and 20 stadia from Harpleia. Dereium possessed an open image of Artemis Dereatis, and a spring called Anonus.³ The site of the town has not been located.⁴

References

Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Derrhium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
Pausanias (1918). "20.7". Description of Greece. Vol. 3. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.

[1] Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.

[2] Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Derrhium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

[3] Pausanias (1918). "20.7". Description of Greece. Vol. 3. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.

[4] Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.

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