PANORMUS
PANORMUS Πάνορμος: Eth.
Πανορμίτης).
1.
A harbour of Achaia, 15 stadia E. of the promontory of Rhium.
The bay is now called
Tekiéh from a tekiéh or tomb of a Turkish saint, which formerly stood upon it. (
Paus. 7.22.10;
Thuc. 2.86;
Plb. 5.1.02;
Plin. Nat. 4.5 ; Leake,
Morea, vol. iii. p. 195.)
2.
A harbour on the east coast of Attica. [Vol. I. p. 331b.]
3.
A harbour in the district Chaonia in Epeirus, situated nearly midway between Oricum and Onchesmus. (
Ptol. 3.14.2.) Strabo describes it as a great harbour in the midst of the Ceraunian mountains (vii. p. 324.)
It is now called
Palérimo. It must be distinguished from Panormus, the harbour of Oricum (
Strab. vii. p.316), now
Porto Raguseo. (Leake,
Northern Greece, vol. i. pp. 3, 70.)
4.
A harbour in the island of Cephallenia. [
CEPHALLENIA]