Athmonum
Athmonum or Athmonon (Ancient Greek: Ἄθμονον), also Athmaria (Ἀθμονία),[1] was a deme of ancient Attica, situated on the site of the Marousi (Amarousion).[2][3] The name of the modern village has been derived from Amarysia, a surname of Artemis, who was worshipped under this designation at Athmonum.[4] An inscription found near Marousi, in which the temenos of this goddess is mentioned, puts the matter beyond dispute.[5] Athmonum also possessed a very ancient temple of Aphrodite Urania.[6] The inhabitants of this deme appear to have been considered clever wine-dressers.[7]
References
- ↑ Harpocrat.; Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
- ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 59, and directory notes accompanying.
- ↑ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 1.35.5.
- ↑ ὅρος Ἀρτέμιδος τεμένους Ἀμαρυδίας, Böckh, Inscr. n. 528.
- ↑ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 1.14.7.
- ↑ Aristophanes, Pac. 190.
Coordinates: 38°03′18″N 23°48′42″E / 38.055127°N 23.8115515°E