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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.

Its site is tentatively located near the modern Filothei.

References

  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


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