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

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.