Corium (Crete)

Corium or Korion (Ancient Greek: Κόριον)[1] was a town of ancient Crete, near which was a temple to Athena[2] and Lake Koresia (λίμνη Κορησία), which was Crete's only natural freshwater lake.

Its site is located near modern Voulgari Armokastella, Melampes.[3][4]

References

Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
comp. Cicero N. D. 3.23; Pausanias (1918). "21.4". Description of Greece. Vol. 8. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.)
Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying.
Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Corium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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

[2] comp. Cicero N. D. 3.23; Pausanias (1918). "21.4". Description of Greece. Vol. 8. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.)

[Barrington-3] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying.

[4] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.