Dascylium (Caria)

Dascylium or Daskylion (Ancient Greek: Δασκύλιον) or Daskyleion (Δασκυλεῖον) was a town in ancient Caria, mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium.^[1] It was located near the frontiers of Ephesus. It is said to have been named after the mythical Dascylus, son of Periaudes, thus corresponding to [Δασκύλου κώμη] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |3= (help) ('village of Dascylus') cited by Pausanias.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Its site is unlocated.

References

^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
^ Pausanias (1918). "35.11". Description of Greece. Vol. 4. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
^ Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Vol. 2.43 A.
^ Ludwig Bürchner: Daskyleion 3.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Vol. IV,2, Stuttgart 1901, col. 2220.

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[1] Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.

[2] Pausanias (1918). "35.11". Description of Greece. Vol. 4. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.

[3] Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Vol. 2.43 A.

[4] Ludwig Bürchner: Daskyleion 3.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Vol. IV,2, Stuttgart 1901, col. 2220.

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