Antheia (Argolis)

37°30′11″N 23°20′54″E 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 (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.
  2. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  3. Gustav Hirschfeld: Antheia 2.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Vol. 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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