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'''Abrotonum''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: {{polytonic|Αβρότονον}}) was a [[Thracia]]n [[harlot]], who, according to some accounts, was the mother of [[Themistocles]].<ref>{{Citation
'''Abrotonum''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: {{polytonic|Ἀβρότονον}}) 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> [[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>
| 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|Ἐρωτικός}});<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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Abrotonum (Greek: Ἀβρότονον) 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 (Ἐρωτικός);[3] and Lucian speaks of a harlot of the same name.[4]

References

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ Plutarch, Themistocles 1; Athen. xiii. p. 576, c.; Aelian, Varia Historia xii. 43
  3. ^ p. 753, d.
  4. ^ Lucian, Dial, Meretr. 1

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