Homarium

Achaean League coin showing Zeus Amarios

The Homarium, Homagyrium or Amarion (Ancient Greek: Ἀμάριον) was the common sanctuary of the Achaean League, built c. 371 BC at Aegium. It was so named as it was dedicated to Zeus Amarios (Ancient Greek: Ἀμάριος) or Homarios (Ὁμάριος) or Homagyrios (Ὁμαγύριος) (Latinized as Homarius and Homagyrius, the exact meaning of the epithets is uncertain, but probably "god of the assembly, he who unites"),[1] and was used, according to Polybius, for meetings and debates on Achaean lines.[2] Strabo describes it as a grove, near a temple of Demeter Panachaia.

  1. ^ R. S. P. Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2009, p. 83, 1075 & 1076
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Polybius was invoked but never defined (see the help page).