Abrotonum
Abrotonum (Ancient Greek: Ἀβρότονον) Abrotonon, pronounced Avrotonon can refer to:
- Abrotonon, 6th-century BC was a Thracian the mother of Themistocles.[1][2][3] There is an epigram preserved Book VII of Anthologia Palatina (Epitaphs):[4]
- Abrotonon, the name of a hetaera. Plutarch refers to an Abrotonon from Thrace in his Erotikos (Ἐρωτικός).[5] In the first dialogue of Dialogues of the Courtesans of Lucian the name of an hetaera named Abrotonon is also mentioned.[6]
- Abrotonum, a plant of this name is mentioned from Pliny the Elder in his work Natural History[7]
- Abrotonum, a Phoenician city on the coast of North Africa, in the district of Tripolitana, between the Syrtes, usually identified with Sabratha though Pliny makes them different places.[8][9]