DE´RRHIUM
DE´RRHIUM (
Δέρριον), a place in Laconia on Mt. Taygetus, containing a statue of Artemis Derrhiatis in the open air, and near it a fountain called Anonus. (
Paus. 3.20.7.)
The site of the place is uncertain. Stephanus B. calls it DERA (s. v.
Δέρα), and gives as Ethnic names
Δεραῖος and
Δερεάτης.