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'''Thetonium''' or '''Thetonion''' ({{lang-grc|Θητώνιον}}), also '''Theton''' (Θητών), was a town and [[polis]] of [[Thessaliotis]] in [[ancient Thessaly]].<ref>{{Cite Stephanus|''s.v.''}}</ref><ref name=Poleis>{{cite book|author= Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen |title= An inventory of archaic and classical poleis|url= https://archive.org/details/inventoryarchaic00hans |url-access= limited |year= 2004|publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|location=New York|isbn= 0-19-814099-1|chapter= Thessaly and Adjacent Regions|page= [https://archive.org/details/inventoryarchaic00hans/page/n723 707]}}</ref><ref>Jorge Martínez de Tejada Garaizábal, [http://eprints.ucm.es/16367/1/T33857.pdf ''Instituciones, sociedad, religión y léxico de Tesalia de la antigüedad desde la época de la independencia hasta el fin de la edad antigua (siglos VIII AC-V DC)'', tesis doctoral, p.196. Madrid: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2012).] {{in lang|es}}</ref> |
'''Thetonium''' or '''Thetonion''' ({{lang-grc|Θητώνιον}}), also '''Theton''' (Θητών), was a town and [[polis]] of [[Thessaliotis]] in [[ancient Thessaly]].<ref>{{Cite Stephanus|''s.v.''}}</ref><ref name=Poleis>{{cite book|author= Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen |title= An inventory of archaic and classical poleis|url= https://archive.org/details/inventoryarchaic00hans |url-access= limited |year= 2004|publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|location=New York|isbn= 0-19-814099-1|chapter= Thessaly and Adjacent Regions|page= [https://archive.org/details/inventoryarchaic00hans/page/n723 707]}}</ref><ref>Jorge Martínez de Tejada Garaizábal, [http://eprints.ucm.es/16367/1/T33857.pdf ''Instituciones, sociedad, religión y léxico de Tesalia de la antigüedad desde la época de la independencia hasta el fin de la edad antigua (siglos VIII AC-V DC)'', tesis doctoral, p.196. Madrid: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2012).] {{in lang|es}}</ref> |
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== History == |
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The town in mentioned in an inscription dated between 450-425 BCE that is the oldest writing where the title of [[tagus (title)|tagus]] of Thessaly is mentioned. It is an honorary decree for a certain Soter of [[Corinth]]. The acting tagus of Thetonium would be responsible for compliance with the conditions of this decree. In the same text it also appears that Thetonium had a ὑλωρός, which was a post that had surveillance functions in rural areas.<ref>[[Inscriptiones Graecae|IG]] 9(2).257.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=IG IX,2 257 - PHI Greek Inscriptions |url=https://epigraphy.packhum.org/text/148122?&bookid=10&location=899 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=epigraphy.packhum.org}}</ref><ref>Jorge Martínez de Tejada Garaizábal, [http://eprints.ucm.es/16367/1/T33857.pdf ''Instituciones, sociedad, religión y léxico de Tesalia de la antigüedad desde la época de la independencia hasta el fin de la edad antigua (siglos VIII AC-V DC)'', pp. 244, 261, 262.]</ref> |
The town in mentioned in an inscription dated between 450-425 BCE that is the oldest writing where the title of [[tagus (title)|tagus]] of Thessaly is mentioned. It is an honorary decree for a certain Soter of [[Corinth]]. The acting tagus of Thetonium would be responsible for compliance with the conditions of this decree. In the same text it also appears that Thetonium had a ὑλωρός, which was a post that had surveillance functions in rural areas.<ref>[[Inscriptiones Graecae|IG]] 9(2).257.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=IG IX,2 257 - PHI Greek Inscriptions |url=https://epigraphy.packhum.org/text/148122?&bookid=10&location=899 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=epigraphy.packhum.org}}</ref><ref>Jorge Martínez de Tejada Garaizábal, [http://eprints.ucm.es/16367/1/T33857.pdf ''Instituciones, sociedad, religión y léxico de Tesalia de la antigüedad desde la época de la independencia hasta el fin de la edad antigua (siglos VIII AC-V DC)'', pp. 244, 261, 262.]</ref> |
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Revision as of 10:38, 28 April 2024
39°19′13″N 22°12′26″E / 39.320332°N 22.207232°E Thetonium or Thetonion (Ancient Greek: Θητώνιον), also Theton (Θητών), was a town and polis of Thessaliotis in ancient Thessaly.[1][2][3]
History
The town in mentioned in an inscription dated between 450-425 BCE that is the oldest writing where the title of tagus of Thessaly is mentioned. It is an honorary decree for a certain Soter of Corinth. The acting tagus of Thetonium would be responsible for compliance with the conditions of this decree. In the same text it also appears that Thetonium had a ὑλωρός, which was a post that had surveillance functions in rural areas.[4][5][6]
It site is located at a site called Kypritsi near modern Gefiria.[7]
References
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 707. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- ^ Jorge Martínez de Tejada Garaizábal, Instituciones, sociedad, religión y léxico de Tesalia de la antigüedad desde la época de la independencia hasta el fin de la edad antigua (siglos VIII AC-V DC), tesis doctoral, p.196. Madrid: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2012). (in Spanish)
- ^ IG 9(2).257.
- ^ "IG IX,2 257 - PHI Greek Inscriptions". epigraphy.packhum.org. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ^ Jorge Martínez de Tejada Garaizábal, Instituciones, sociedad, religión y léxico de Tesalia de la antigüedad desde la época de la independencia hasta el fin de la edad antigua (siglos VIII AC-V DC), pp. 244, 261, 262.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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