Anthene (Cynuria)

37°22′2.5813″N 22°47′6.1094″E / 37.367383694°N 22.785030389°E / 37.367383694; 22.785030389

Hill containing the remnants of Anthene

Anthene (Ancient Greek: Ἀνθήνη),[1] or Anthana (Ἀνθάνα),[2] or Athene (Ἀθήνη),[3] was a town in Cynuria, originally inhabited by the Aeginetans, and mentioned by Thucydides along with Thyrea, as the two chief places in Cynuria.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 5.41.
  2. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  3. ^ Pausanias (1918). "38.6". Description of Greece. Vol. 3. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  4. ^ Harpocr. s.v.