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DION (Ancient city) EVIA
Dium (Dion), a town in the NW. of Euboea near the promontory Cenaeum,
from which Canae in Aeolis is said to have been a colony. Dium is mentioned by
Homer. (Hom. Il. ii. 538; Strab. x. p. 446; Plin. iv. 12; Ptol. iii. 15. § 25.)
LICHADES (Island complex) ISTIEA
Lichades (hai Lichades), a group of three small islands between. the promontory
of Cenaeum. in Euboea and that of Cnemides in Loeris. They are said to have derived
their name from Lichas, who was here thrown into the sea by Hercules, when he
was suffering from the poisoned garment.. (Strab. i. p. 60, ix. p. 426; Plin.
iv. 12. s. 20; Leake, Northern Greece, vol. ii. p. 177.)
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