Athmonum or Athmonon (Ancient Greek: Ἄθμονον), also Athmonia (Ἀθμονία),[1] was a deme of ancient Attica, situated on the site of the Marousi (Amarousion).[2][3] The name of the modern village has been derived from Amarysia, a surname of Artemis, who was worshipped under this designation at Athmonum.[4] An inscription found near Marousi, in which the temenos of this goddess is mentioned, puts the matter beyond dispute.[5] Athmonum also possessed a very ancient temple of Aphrodite Urania.[6] The inhabitants of this deme appear to have been considered clever wine-dressers.[7]

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  1. ↑ Harpocrat.; Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  3. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 59, and directory notes accompanying.
  4. ↑ Pausanias (1918). "35.5". Description of Greece. Vol. 1. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  5. ↑ ὅρος Ἀρτέμιδος τεμένους Ἀμαρυδίας, Böckh, Inscr. n. 528.
  6. ↑ Pausanias (1918). "14.7". Description of Greece. Vol. 1. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  7. ↑ Aristophanes, Pac. 190.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Attica". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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