Peteon
Peteon (Ancient Greek: Πετεών) was a town of ancient Boeotia,[1] mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad.[2] It was situated near the road from Thebes to Anthedon.[3] Strabo contradicts himself in one passage placing Peteon in the Thebais, and in another in the Haliartia.[3][4]
Its site is located near modern Platanaki.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.500.
- ^ a b Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.410. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Plutarch, Narr. Am. 4; Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.7.12.
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, 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). "Peteon". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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