» Laurion redirects here. For the moth genus, see Laurion (moth). Laurium, Laurion, or Laureion (Λαύριον or Λαύρειον, Thoricum before early 1000s BC, Ergastiri 'workshop' from medieval times to 19th century)'s a town in southeastern part of Attica, Greece and's one of the southernmost and the seat of the municipality of Lavreotiki, famous in Classical antiquity for the silver mines which were one of the chief sources of… (More on Laurium)