Abrotonum

Abrotonum

Abrotonum (Greek: polytonic|Αβρότονον) was a Thracian harlot, who according to some accounts was the mother of Themistocles. [Citation
last = Smith
first = William
author-link = William Smith (lexicographer)
contribution = Abrotonum
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 3
publisher =
place = Boston, MA
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0012.html
] There is an epigram pre­served recording this fact. [Plutarch, "Themistocles" 1; Athen. xiii. p. 576, c.; Aelian, "Varia Historia" xii. 43] Plutarch also refers to her in his "Erotikos" (polytonic|Ερωτικός); [p. 753, d.] and Lucian speaks of a harlot of the same name. [Lucian, "Dial, Meretr." 1]

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