Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), ABACAENUM, ATHE´NAE

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ATHE´NAE

ATHE´NAE (Ἀθῆναι). Besides the celebrated city of this name, Stephanus B. (s. v.) mentions eight others, namely in Laconia, Caria, Liguria, Italy, Euboea, Acarnania, Boeotia, and Pontus. Of these three only are known to us from other authorities.

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DIADES (Διάδες), a town in Boeotia, near the promontory Cenaeum, founded by the Athenians (Strab. x. p.446), or according to Ephorus, by Dias, a son of Abas. (Steph. B. sub voce

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An ancient town of Boeotia, on the river Triton, and near the lake Copais, which, together with the neighbouring town of Eleusis, was destroyed by an inundation. (Strab. ix. p.407; Paus. [p. 1.255]9.24.2; Leake, Northern Greece, vol. ii. pp. 136, 293.)

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, illustrated by numerous engravings on wood. William Smith, LLD. London. Walton and Maberly, Upper Gower Street and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1854.

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