Temenium

Temenium or Temenion (Τημένιον), a town in ancient Argolis, at the upper end of the Argolic Gulf, which according to Greek mythology was built by Temenus, the son of Aristomachus. It was distant 50 stadia from Nauplia,[1] and 26 from Argos.[2] The river Phrixus flowed into the sea between Temenium and Lerna.[3] Pausanias visited Temenium in the 2nd century, and saw two temples of Poseidon and Aphrodite and the tomb of Temenus.[4]

Its site is located near the modern Nea Kios.[5][6]

References
  1. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 2.38.2.
  2. Strabo. Geographica. viii. p.368. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 2.36.6. , 2.38.1.
  4. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 2.38.1.
  5. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  6. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.

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


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