Derium or Derion (Ancient Greek: Δήριον) was a town of ancient Acarnania.
The city is attested by epigraphic Greek inscriptions of the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE, among which are a record of theorodokoi receiving theoroi of Nemea dated to 331/0–313 BCE,[1] an inscription in the sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus where proxenos is named as a citizen of Derium,[2] and a treaty between the Ateolians and Acarnanians of the 3rd century BCE.
[3] The inhabitants of Derium are also mentioned by Diodorus, which indicates that towards the year 314 BCE, they settled in Agrinium on the advice of Cassander.
[4] Its site is located near the modern Skourtou.
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