Dion (Thessaly)

Dion (Δίον)[1] or Dia (Δῖα or Δία) was a town of Phthiotis in ancient Thessaly.[2] In 302 BCE, Cassander planned to transfer the town's population to nearby Phthiotic Thebes but this was prevented by Demetrius Poliorcetes.[3][2]

Its site has tentatively been located at a place called Lichas Kastri.[4][5]

References
  1. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 687. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  3. Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 20.110.3.
  4. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.
  5. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.


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