Ἰτώνη

Itone

Translated by David Whitehead23 May 2003Vetting: high5 revisions

6 words

[Itone] and Itonia, [epithets of] Artemis.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἰτώνη καὶ Ἰτωνία, ἡ Ἄρτεμις.

Betacode

*)itw/nh kai\ *)itwni/a, h( *)/artemis.

For Iton/Itonis/Itonos see iota 750; the epithet, however, is more usually applied to Athena; see LSJ s.v., and Pausanias 9.34.1-5 (web address 1) on the sanctuary of Itonian Athena in western Boiotia (cf. Hesychius iota1102). Pausanias derives the epithet from Itonios, son of Amphiktyon.