Ἀντρών | |
 The fortifications of Antron. | |
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| Alternative name | Fanos |
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| Location | Fanos,Glyfa,Stylida |
| Region | Phthiotis,Greece |
| Coordinates | 38°58′18″N23°00′08″E / 38.971760299024794°N 23.002169361643908°E /38.971760299024794; 23.002169361643908 |
| Type | Ancient city |
| History | |
| Founded | Bronze Age |
| Abandoned | Roman period |
| Cultures | Ancient Greece |
| Satellite of | Achaea Phthiotis |
Antron (Ancient Greek:Ἀντρών)[1][2] orAntrones (Ἀντρῶνες)[3] was a town andpolis (city-state)[4] ofancient Thessaly in the districtAchaea Phthiotis, at the entrance of theMaliac Gulf, and oppositeOreus inEuboea. It is mentioned in theCatalogue of Ships in theIliad as one of the cities ofProtesilaus,[1] and also in theHomeric hymn toDemeter as under the protection of that goddess. It was purchased byPhilip II of Macedon,[3] and was taken by theRomans in their war withPerseus of Macedon.[5] It probably owed its long existence to the composition of its rocks, which furnished some of the best millstones in Greece; hence the epithet of πετρήεις ("maritime") given to it in the hymn to Demeter. Off Antron was a sunken rock (ἕρμα ὔφαλον) called the Ὄνος Ἀντρῶνος, or mill-stone of Antron.[6]
Modern scholars identify the location of Antron with the modern village ofGlyfa.[7][8]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Antron".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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