Εἰλενία

Eilenia

Translated by David Whitehead29 Nov 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

2 words

A city.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εἰλενία· πόλις.

Betacode

*ei)leni/a: po/lis.

Attested only in lexicography. In Italy, at the southern end of the Bay of Naples; associated with a cult of Athena Eilenia, supposedly founded by Philoctetes (phi 383). Barrington Atlas Map 44 grid F4 ('Minerva' and 'Minervae Pr.'); cf. Strabo 5.4.8.