Boudeion

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Budium /bjˈdəm/ (Ancient Greek: Βούδειον Boúdeion) or Budea /bjˈdə/ (Βούδεια Boúdeia)[1] was a town of Magnesia in ancient Thessaly, mentioned by Homer in the Iliad.[2] Apparently, there was a cult of Athena Boudeia at the town.[1]

The site of Budium is unlocated.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 16.572.
  3. ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 689. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.