Scirum

Scirum or Skiron (Ancient Greek: Σκίρον) or Skira (Σκίρα)[1] was a small place in ancient Attica near a torrent of the same name, just outside the Athenian walls on the Sacred Way. It was not a demus, and derived its name from Scirus, a prophet of Dodona, who fell in the battle between the Eleusinii and Erechtheus, and was buried in this spot.[2][1][3][4]

Scirum's site is unlocated.[5]

References
  1. Strabo. Geographica. ix. p.393. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 1.36.4.
  3. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
  4. Harpocrat. s.v. comp. Schol. ad Aristoph. Eccl. 18.
  5. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 59, and directory notes accompanying.

 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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