# Acroreia

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Mountainous district of ancient Elis

  Acroreia

**Acroreia** or **Akroreia** ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek_language): Ἀκρώρεια) was a mountainous district of [ancient Elis](/source/Ancient_Elis) on the borders of [Arcadia](/source/Ancient_Arcadia), in which the rivers [Peneius](/source/Pineios_(Peloponnese)) and [Ladon](/source/Ladon_(river_of_Elis)) take their rise.[1] The inhabitants of the district were called Acrocreii (Ἀκρωρεῖοι), and their towns appear to have been [Thraustus](/source/Thraustus), [Alium](/source/Alium), [Opus](/source/Opus_(Elis)), and [Eupagium](/source/Eupagium), to which [Lasion](/source/Lasion) may be added. The name is used in opposition to Κοίλη or Hollow Elis. [Diodorus Siculus](/source/Diodorus_Siculus) writes that the Spartans, under command of [Pausanias of Sparta](/source/Pausanias_of_Sparta), marched against Elis with 4,000 men in 402 BCE, and that the towns of Opus, Alium, Eupagium, Thraustus, and Lasion were subdued.[2] [Xenophon](/source/Xenophon) mentions an [Arcadian](/source/Ancient_Arcadia) raid into Elis and took several towns of Acroreia around 365 BCE.[3] [Stephanus of Byzantium](/source/Stephanus_of_Byzantium),[4] who is followed by many modern writers, makes Acrocreii a town, and places it in [Triphylia](/source/Triphylia); but this error appears to have arisen from confounding the Acrocreii with the [Paroreatae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paroreatae&action=edit&redlink=1) in Triphylia.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Xenophon](/source/Xenophon). *[Hellenica](/source/Hellenica)*. Vol. 3.2.30, 7.4.14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Diodorus_2-0)** [Diodorus Siculus](/source/Diodorus_Siculus). *[Bibliotheca historica](/source/Bibliotheca_historica) (Historical Library)*. Vol. 14.17.8.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Xenophon](/source/Xenophon). *[Hellenica](/source/Hellenica)*. Vol. 7.4.14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Stephanus of Byzantium](/source/Stephanus_of_Byzantium). Ethnica. Vol. *s. v*.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): [Smith, William](/source/William_Smith_(lexicographer)), ed. (1854–1857). "Acroreia". *[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography](/source/Dictionary_of_Greek_and_Roman_Geography)*. London: John Murray.

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