Athmonum

Athmonum or Athmonon (Ancient Greek: Ἄθμονον), also Athmonia (Ἀθμονία),^[1] was a deme of ancient Attica, situated on the site of Marousi (Amarousion).^[2]^[3] The name of the modern village has been derived from Amarysia, a surname of Artemis, who was worshipped under this designation at Athmonum.^[4] An inscription found near Marousi, in which the temenos of this goddess is mentioned, puts the matter beyond dispute.^[5] Athmonum also possessed a very ancient temple of Aphrodite Urania.^[6] The inhabitants of this deme appear to have been considered clever wine-dressers.^[7]

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^ 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. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Pausanias (1918). "35.5". Description of Greece. Vol. 1. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
^ ὅρος Ἀρτέμιδος τεμένους Ἀμαρυδίας, Böckh, Inscr. n. 528.
^ Pausanias (1918). "14.7". Description of Greece. Vol. 1. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
^ Aristophanes, Pac. 190.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Attica". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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[1] Harpocrat.; Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.

[2] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

[3] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 59, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

[4] Pausanias (1918). "35.5". Description of Greece. Vol. 1. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.

[5] ὅρος Ἀρτέμιδος τεμένους Ἀμαρυδίας, Böckh, Inscr. n. 528.

[6] Pausanias (1918). "14.7". Description of Greece. Vol. 1. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.

[7] Aristophanes, Pac. 190.

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