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[edit]

1. ^ a b Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.393. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
2. ^ Pausanias. Description of Greece. Vol. 1.36.4.
3. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. 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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