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Crocyleium

Coordinates: 38°26′57″N 21°58′01″E / 38.449085°N 21.96682°E / 38.449085; 21.96682
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Crocyleium or Krokyleion (Ancient Greek: Κροκύλειον) was a town in Aetolia Epictetus, on the borders of Locris, and one day's march from Potidania.[1]

Its site is tentatively located near the modern Filothei.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 3.96.
  2. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  3. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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

38°26′57″N 21°58′01″E / 38.449085°N 21.96682°E / 38.449085; 21.96682