Torybeia

Torybeia (Ancient Greek: Τορύβεια) was a city in ancient Acarnania. It is known mainly through epigraphic evidence. Mention is made of the appointment of theorodokos of Torybeia, about the year 356/5 BCE to receive the theoroi of Epidaurus^[1] and also an inscription dated to around 330 BCE to accommodate those of Argos.^[2] It was one of the cities belonging to the Acarnanian League around 272 BCE.^[3]

Its site is tentatively located near the modern Komboti.^[4]^[5]

References

^ IG IV²,1 95,18.
^ SEG 23:189.
^ Delphic Inscriptions III.3:203.5.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

38°45′54″N 21°04′01″E / 38.765°N 21.067°E / 38.765; 21.067

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[1] IG IV²,1 95,18.

[2] SEG 23:189.

[3] Delphic Inscriptions III.3:203.5.

[4] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

[5] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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