A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Πλάταια), a daughter of Asopus, who had a sanctuary at Plataeae (Paus. 9.1.2, 2.5), which according to some derived its name from her, but according to others from the πλάτη τῶν κωπῶν. (Strab. ix. p.406; comp. p. 409, &c.)

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