Abrotonum

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Abrotonum (Greek Αβρότονον) was a Thracian harlot, who according to some accounts was the mother of Themistocles.[1] There is an epigram pre­served recording this fact.[2] Plutarch also refers to her in his Erotikos (Ερωτικός);[3] and Lucian speaks of a harlot of the same name.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Smith, William (1867), “Abrotonum”, in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, MA, pp. 3 
  2. ^ Plutarch, Themistocles 1; Athen. xiii. p. 576, c.; Aelian, Varia Historia xii. 43
  3. ^ p. 753, d.
  4. ^ Lucian, Dial, Meretr. 1


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