Scirum or Skiron (Ancient Greek: Σκίρον) or Skira (Σκίρα)[1] was a small place in ancient Attica near a torrent of the same name, just outside the Athenian walls on the Sacred Way. It was not a demus, and derived its name from Scirus, a prophet of Dodona, who fell in the battle between the Eleusinii and Erechtheus, and was buried in this spot.[2][1][3][4]

Scirum's site is unlocated.[5]

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  1. ^ a b Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.393. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. ^ Pausanias (1918). "36.4". Description of Greece. Vol. 1. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  3. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  4. ^ Harpocrat. s.v. comp. Schol. ad Aristoph. Eccl. 18.
  5. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 59, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Attica". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.