-
Boeotia of
cults and place-names of
Thessalian origin, such as
Itonia and
Itonian Athena,
Homole and
Homoloian Zeus, Alalcomenae,
Corseia and Pharae, confirm...
-
South side: the Gate of the Dead in the
neighbourhood of the Mouseion. The
Itonian Gate, near the Ilissos,
where the road to
Phalerum began. On the East side:...
- Πύλαι)
Diomeian Gate (Διόμιαι Πύλαι, "Gate of Diomeia"), not
excavated Itonian Gate (Ἰτώνιαι Πύλαι)
Halade Gate (Ἅλαδε Πύλαι) or
eastern Phaleric Gate...
- had a
celebrated temple of Athena,
whose worship,
under the name of the
Itonian Athena, was
carried by the Boeotians, when they were
expelled from Thessaly...
- source?]
According to Graves, the myth of
Itonus represents a
claim by the
Itonians that they
worshipped Athene even
before the
Athenians did and his name...
