PE´TEON
PE´TEON (
Πέτεων : Eth.
Πετεώνιος), a town of Boeotia, mentioned by Homer (
Hom. Il. 2.500), was situated near the road from Thebes to Anthedon. (
Strab. ix. p.410.) Strabo contradicts himself in the course of the same page (
l.c.), in one passage placing Peteon in the Thebais, and in another in the Haliartia. (Comp. Plut.
Narr. Am. 4;
Plin. Nat. 4.7. s. 12;
Steph. B. sub voce The position of Peteon is uncertain. Leake supposes it may be represented by some ancient remains at the southern extremity of the lake
Paralímni. (
Northern Greece, vol. ii. p. 320.)