Torthyneum

Coordinates: 37°42′36″N 22°09′11″E / 37.71°N 22.153°E / 37.71; 22.153
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Torthyneum or Torthyneon (Ancient Greek: Τορθύνεον), or Torthyneium or Torthyneion (Τορθύνειον), was a town of ancient Arcadia.[1] It is contained in ancient epigraphic mentions: the appointment of a theorodokos of Torthyneum is mentioned in an inscription at Delphi, dated to the end of the 5th century or the beginning of the 4th century BCE;[2] an inscription at Orchomenus that could be dated around the years 369-361 BCE;[3] and in an inscription of Aetolia of around the years 262-236 BCE which names a resident of Tortineo as proxenos.[4]

Its site is located with ruins found north of Kamenitsa,[5] northeast of Lasta.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Reger, G., J. McK. Camp II. "Places: 570742 (Torthyneion)". Pleiades. Retrieved May 24, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Revue des Études Grecques 62 (1949) pp. 6, 8.
  3. ^ Gerhard Thür and Hans Taeuber (1994), Prozessrechtliche Inschriften der griechischen Poleis: Arkadien (IP Ark) 14.5-7.
  4. ^ IG IX, 1² 1:17
  5. ^ Lohmann, Hans. "Torthyneum". Brill's New Pauly. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  6. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

37°42′36″N 22°09′11″E / 37.71°N 22.153°E / 37.71; 22.153