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Onceium or Onkeion (Ancient Greek: Ὄγκειον) was a village in ancient Arcadia upon the river Ladon, near Thelpusa, and containing a temple of Demeter Erinnys.[1][2] The Ladon, after leaving this temple, passed that of Apollo Oncaeates on the left, and that of the boy Asclepius on the right.[3] The name is derived by Pausanias from Oncus, a son of Apollo, who reigned at this place. Other writers mention a small town Oncae (Ὄγκαι) in Arcadia, which may be the same as Onceium.[4]

Its site is unlocated.[5]

References

Pausanias. Description of Greece. 8.25.4.
Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
Pausanias. Description of Greece. 8.25.11.
Tzetzes, ad Lycophr. 1225; Etym. M. p. 613; Phavorin. s.v.

Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.

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

We read that there was a hole (βόθρος) sacred to Demeter Erinnys at Onceum, near Thelpusa in Arcadia, into which live pigs were cast (Paus. 8.25, 4-Z1; cf. Lycophr. Alex. 1225, λωβαῖσιν αἰκισθέντας Ὀγκαίου βόθρου

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