Ctimene (Thessaly)

Coordinates: 39°03′59″N 21°59′01″E / 39.06646°N 21.98373°E / 39.06646; 21.98373
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39°03′59″N 21°59′01″E / 39.06646°N 21.98373°E / 39.06646; 21.98373

Map showing ancient Thessaly. Ctimene is shown in the lower left in Dolopia.

Ctimene or Ktimene (

Dolopes.[4]

Aetolians to occupy much of Thessaly, and these latter devastated the town called Cymene and its neighbour, Angeia.[5] William Smith treats the reference to Cymene as a probable corruption of Ctimene.[2] Stephanus of Byzantium mentions a tradition that Ctimene had been given by Peleus to Phoenix.[6] The editors of the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World identify the site of Ctimene with the modern village of Rentina,[7] which is tentative accepted by others.[8]

References

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  2. ^ a b Public Domain Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Ctimene". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
  3. ^ Apollonius of Rhodes. Argonautica. Vol. 1.67.
  4. ^ Apollonius of Rhodes. Argonautica. Vol. 1.68.
  5. Ab urbe condita Libri
    [History of Rome]. Vol. 32.13.
  6. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Κτιμένη.
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  8. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.