Potniae
Potniae or Potniai (
ancient Boeotia, on the road from Thebes to Plataea, distant 10 stadia from the former city. It was in ruins in the time of Pausanias (2nd century), and contained a grove sacred to Demeter and Core. Potniae is celebrated in mythology as the residence of Glaucus, who was torn to pieces by his infuriated mares.[1][2][3][4][5] According to Strabo,[6] some authorities regarded Potniae as the Hypothebae of Homer.[7]
Its site is located near modern Takhi.[8][9]
References
- ^ Xenophon. Hellenica. Vol. 5.4.51.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "8.1". Description of Greece. Vol. 9. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library., 3
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 25.8.53.
- ^ Virgil, G. 3.268; Ovid, Ibis, 557.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 412. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.505.
- 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). "Potniae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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