Laüs

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Laos (Greek Λᾶος ) was an ancient Greek city, which lay on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, at the mouth of the Lao, the border river of Lucania and Bruttium.

The place is located in the area of the district Statione di Santa Maria del Cedro Verbicaro of in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of Italy.

Laos was a colony of Sybaris. The date of foundation is not known. According to Herodotus the inhabitants of Sybaris found after the destruction of 510 BC refuge in Laos and Skidros, another sybaritic colony.

Laos was also the site of the battle in which 390 suffered the Greek cities BC a devastating defeat against the Lucanians.

Near the town there was, according to Strabo, a Temple of Heroes ( Heroon ) of the Drakon, a companion of Odysseus.