Peteon (Ancient Greek: Πετεών) was a town of ancient Boeotia,1 mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad.2 It was situated near the road from Thebes to Anthedon.3 Strabo contradicts himself in one passage placing Peteon in the Thebais, and in another in the Haliartia.34
Its site is located near modern Platanaki.56
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References
- Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.500.
- Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.410. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- Plutarch, Narr. Am. 4; Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Book 4.7.12.
- Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
- Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Peteon". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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