PHALYCUM
PHALYCUM (
Φάλυκον), a town of Megaris mentioned by Theophrastus (
Hist. Pl. 2.8), is clearly the same place as the Alycum (
Ἄλυκον) of Plutarch, who relates that it derived its name from a son of Sciron, who was buried there. (
Thes. 32.)
It perhaps stood at the entrance of the Scironian pass, where Dodwell (vol. ii. p. 179) noticed some ancient vestiges, which he erroneously supposed to be those of Tripodiscus. [
TRIPODISCUS]