Torybeia Explained

Torybeia (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: 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.

References

38.765°N 21.067°W

Notes and References

  1. [Inscriptiones Graecae|IG]
  2. SEG 23:189.
  3. http://epigraphy.packhum.org/inscriptions/main?url=oi%3Fikey%3D239831%26bookid%3D45 Delphic Inscriptions III.3:203.5