ATHAMA´NTIUS CAMPUS
ATHAMA´NTIUS CAMPUS (
Ἀθαμάντιον πέδιον).
1.
A plain in Boeotia, between Acraephium and the lake Copais, where Athamas was said to have formerly dwelt. (
Paus. 9.24.1; Leake,
Northern Greece, vol. ii. p. 306.)
2.
A plain in Phthiotis, in Thessaly, round Halus or Alus, so called from Athamas, the founder of Halus. (
Apollon. 2.514; Etym. M. s.v. Leake,
Ibid. vol. iv. p. 337.)