Oion (Lokris)
Oion or Oeum ( Greek Οἰόν ) was an ancient fortress in Lokris in central Greece . According to Strabo it was above Cynos and Opus and was destroyed by the earthquake in 426 BC. Chr. Completely destroyed.
William Gell located Oion on a hill about 110 m high, about 1.5 km west of Livanates and about 2 km east of the Monastery of Metamorphosis Sotiros . Here he found an oval fortification, which in the 19th century was called Palaiochora ( Greek Παλαιοαρα = old village ) by the locals . Gell suspected that the name Oion meant oval and was a nod to the shape of the fortification.
William Abbott Oldfather identified the fortification on Kastraki Hill with the ancient Oion. Today it is believed that Oion was on the 200 m high Kastri hill. On this hill, which is about 4.5 km southwest of Atalanti and about 1.5 km north of the Agios Anargyros monastery , there is an oval fortification about 280 m long and 200 m wide.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Strabo: Geographica , 1,3,20
- ^ William Gell: The Itinerary of Greece, with a commentary on Pausanias and Strabo, and an account of the Monuments of Antiquity at present existing in that country, compiled in the years 1801, 2, 5, 6 etc. London 1810; 2nd edition 1827, p. 232 ( online )
- ↑ John Michael Fossey: The Ancient Topography of Opountian Lokris , September 1990, pp. 66-67
Coordinates: 38 ° 37 ′ 51 ″ N , 23 ° 2 ′ 28 ″ E