Demetrium
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39°17′19″N 22°53′47″E Demetrium or Demetrion (Ancient Greek: Δημήτριον), was a town of Phthiotis in ancient Thessaly, whose name derived from a temple of Demeter near Pyrasus spoken of by Homer in the Iliad, and which Strabo describes as the successor settlement to, and two stadia distant from Pyrasus.[1] Besides Strabo, Demetrium is mentioned by numerous ancient authors: in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax,[2] by Livy,[3] Pomponius Mela,[4] and Stephanus of Byzantium.[5]
The site of Demetrium is tentatively located within Kantiraga (Marathos).[6][7]
