Antheia (Argolis)

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

^ Pausanias (1918). "30.8". Description of Greece. Vol. 2. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
^ Gustav Hirschfeld: Antheia 2.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Vol. I,2, Stuttgart 1894, col. 2362.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ 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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