Potamus (Attica)

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
  1. Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. pp, 398, 399. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. 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.
  3. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.7.11.
  4. Suda, s.v. Ποταμός; Harpocr., s.v. Ποταμός
  5. 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.


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