Athmonum Explained

Athmonum or Athmonon (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἄθμονον), also Athmonia (Ἀθμονία),[1] was a deme of ancient Attica, situated on the site of the Marousi (Amarousion). The name of the modern village has been derived from Amarysia, a surname of Artemis, who was worshipped under this designation at Athmonum. An inscription found near Marousi, in which the temenos of this goddess is mentioned, puts the matter beyond dispute.[2] Athmonum also possessed a very ancient temple of Aphrodite Urania. The inhabitants of this deme appear to have been considered clever wine-dressers.[3]

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  1. Harpocrat.;
  2. ὅρος Ἀρτέμιδος τεμένους Ἀμαρυδίας, Böckh, Inscr. n. 528.
  3. [Aristophanes]