Onceium

Onceium or Onkeion (Ancient Greek: Ὄγκειον) was a village in ancient Arcadia upon the river Ladon, near Thelpusa, and containing a temple of Demeter Erinnys.^[1][2] The Ladon, after leaving this temple, passed that of Apollo Oncaeates on the left, and that of the boy Asclepius on the right.^[3] The name is derived by Pausanias from Oncus, a son of Apollo, who reigned at this place. Other writers mention a small town Oncae (Ὄγκαι) in Arcadia, which may be the same as Onceium.^[4]

Its site is unlocated.^[5]

References

1. Pausanias (1918). "25.4". Description of Greece. Vol. 8. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
2. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
3. Pausanias (1918). "25.11". Description of Greece. Vol. 8. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
4. Tzetzes, ad Lycophr. 1225; Etym. M. p. 613; Phavorin. s.v.
5. 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.

  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Onceium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.