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POTNIES (Ancient city) THIVA
Potniai Eth. Potnieus, fem. Potnias. a village of Boeotia, on the
road from Thebes to Plataea, distant 10 stadia from the former city. It was in
ruins in the time of Pausanias, and contained a grove sacred to Demeter and Cora
(Proserpine). Potniae is celebrated in mythology as the residence of Glaucus,
who was torn to pieces by his infuriated mares. According to Strabo some authorities
regarded Potniae as the Hypothebae of Homer (Il. ii. 505). Gell places Potniae
in the neighbourhood of the modern village of Taki.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
A small town in Boeotia, on the Asopus. The adjective Potniades is an epithet frequently given to the mares which tore to death Glaucus of Potniae.
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