BRENTHE
BRENTHE (
Βρένθη: Eth.
Βρενθαῖος, Eth.
Βρενθιεύς), a town of Arcadia in the district Cynuria, near the right bank of the river Alpheius, and on a small tributary called Brentheates (
Βρενθεάτης), only 5 stadia in length.
It corresponds to the modern
Karítena. (
Paus. 8.28.7,
5.7.1; Leake,
Morea, vol. ii. p. 292; Ross,
Reisen im Peloponnes, vol. i. p. 90.)