Plataea

A daughter of Asopus, who had a sanctuary at Plataeae,1 which according to some derived its name from her, but according to others from the πλάτη τῶν κωπῶν (platē tōn kōpōn).2

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References

Notes

  1. Pausanias. Description of Greece ix, 1.2, 2.5.
  2. Strabo. Geography ix, p. 406; comp. p. 409 ff.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.