Rhium (Messenia)

Rhium or Rhion (Ancient Greek: Ῥίον) was a town of ancient Messenia, in the Thuriate Gulf, and also the name of one of the five divisions into which the mythical Cresphontes is said to have divided Messenia.[1] Strabo describes Rhium as over against Taenarum (ἀπεναντίον Ταινάρον), which is not a very accurate expression, as hardly any place on the western coast, except the vicinity of Cape Acritas, is in sight from Taenarum.[2]

Its site is unlocated.[3]

  1. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii. pp. 360, 361. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. ^ William Martin Leake, Morea, vol. i. p. 459.
  3. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.