AthmonumorAthmonon(Ancient Greek:Ἄθμονον), alsoAthmonia(Ἀθμονία),[1]was ademeofancient Attica,situated on the site ofMarousi(Amarousion).[2][3]The name of the modern village has been derived from Amarysia, a surname ofArtemis,who was worshipped under this designation at Athmonum.[4]An inscription found near Marousi, in which thetemenosof this goddess is mentioned, puts the matter beyond dispute.[5]Athmonum also possessed a very ancient temple ofAphrodite Urania.[6]The inhabitants of this deme appear to have been considered clever wine-dressers.[7]
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edit- ^Harpocrat.;Stephanus of Byzantium.Ethnica.Vol.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.ISBN978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^Pausanias(1918)."35.5".Description of Greece.Vol. 1. Translated byW. H. S. Jones;H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – viaPerseus Digital Library.
- ^ὅρος Ἀρτέμιδος τεμένους Ἀμαρυδίας, Böckh, Inscr. n. 528.
- ^Pausanias(1918)."14.7".Description of Greece.Vol. 1. Translated byW. H. S. Jones;H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – viaPerseus Digital Library.
- ^Aristophanes,Pac.190.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Smith, William,ed. (1854–1857). "Attica".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography.London: John Murray.
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