Antheia (Argolis)

Coordinates: 37°30′11″N 23°20′54″E / 37.50303°N 23.34845°E / 37.50303; 23.34845 Antheia or Anthea (Ancient Greek: Ἄνθεια) was a town in the Troezene in ancient Argolis, said to have been founded by the mythological figure Anthes.[1][2] In mythology, King Pittheus transferred the town's population (synoecism) to Troezen.[3]

The site is near modern Damala.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 2.30.8.
  2. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
  3. ↑ Gustav Hirschfeld: Antheia 2.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Volume I,2, Stuttgart 1894, col. 2362.
  4. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.
  5. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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


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