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 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]

History

During the Dorian invasion of the Peloponnese, Dorian forces led by the Heracleidae gained possession of the coast near Argos and founded Temenium before conquering Argos itself.^[7]

References

^ Pausanias (1918). "38.2". Description of Greece. Vol. 2. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii. p.368. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Pausanias (1918). "36.6". Description of Greece. Vol. 2. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library., 2.38.1.
^ Pausanias (1918). "38.1". Description of Greece. Vol. 2. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Hertzberg, Gustav Friedrich (1905). Ancient Greece, Volume 3. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Lea Brothers & Company. p. 59. ISBN 9789353803810. LCCN 02020762.

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.