Dascylium (Caria)

For the other town of this name in Caria, see Dascylium (southern 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 ('village of Dascylus') cited by Pausanias.[2][3][4]

Its site is unlocated.

  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.