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'''Abrotonum''' (Greek |
'''Abrotonum''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: {{polytonic|Αβρότονον}}) was a [[Thracia]]n harlot, who according to some accounts was the mother of [[Themistocles]].<ref>{{Citation |
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| contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0012.html }}</ref> There is an [[epigram]] preserved recording this fact.<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Themistocles'' 1; Athen. xiii. p. 576, c.; [[Claudius Aelianus|Aelian]], ''Varia Historia'' xii. 43</ref> |
| contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0012.html }}</ref> There is an [[epigram]] preserved recording this fact.<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Themistocles'' 1; Athen. xiii. p. 576, c.; [[Claudius Aelianus|Aelian]], ''Varia Historia'' xii. 43</ref> [[Plutarch]] also refers to her in his ''Erotikos'' ({{polytonic|Ερωτικός}});<ref>p. 753, d.</ref> and Lucian speaks of a harlot of the same name.<ref>[[Lucian]], ''Dial, Meretr.'' 1</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:44, 6 October 2008
Abrotonum (Greek: Αβρότονον) was a Thracian harlot, who according to some accounts was the mother of Themistocles.[1] There is an epigram preserved recording this fact.[2] Plutarch also refers to her in his Erotikos (Ερωτικός);[3] and Lucian speaks of a harlot of the same name.[4]
References
- ^ Smith, William (1867), "Abrotonum", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, MA, p. 3
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Plutarch, Themistocles 1; Athen. xiii. p. 576, c.; Aelian, Varia Historia xii. 43
- ^ p. 753, d.
- ^ Lucian, Dial, Meretr. 1
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