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Macedonia, Macedones | Education / Culture
(Ὤρικος/Ṓ rikos, also Ὠρικός/Ōrikós, Ὠρικόν/Ōrikón). Port in Epirus, at the southern curve of the gulf of the same name (today the Gulf of Vlorë in Albania). According to legend, it was founded by Euboeans (Euboea) on their return from Troy. It is mentioned as early as the 6th cent. BC in Hecat. FGrH 1 F 106. It had close ties with Corcyra [1], from the 4th cent. BC on and probably earlier. The city, which lay on a peninsula, had a protecte…