Hermus (Attica)

Hermus or Hermos (Ancient Greek: Ἕρμος) was a deme of ancient Attica. It lay on the sacred road to Eleusis, between the Cephissus and the Pythium, a temple of Apollo on Mount Poecilum, upon a rivulet of the same name. Here was the splendid monument of Pythonice, the wife of Harpalus.[1][2][3]

The site of Hermus is tentatively identified with Chaidari.[4][5]

References

1. Plutarch, Phoc. 22; Harpocration, s. v. Ἕρμος; Pausanias. Description of Greece. 1.37.4.
2. Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae, 13.594
3. Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). 17.108.
4. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 59, and directory notes accompanying.
5. 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). "Attica". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.