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Headword: Ἀβρεττηνή
Adler number: alpha,75
Translated headword: Abrettene
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A territory, the one [sc. also] called Mysia.
Greek Original:
Ἀβρεττηνή: χώρα, ἡ λεγομένη Μυσία.
Notes:
The name is derived from the nymph Brettia; so Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. See also Strabo 12.8.9.
Abrettene lay between the Rhyndakos and Makestos rivers, so was in Asian Mysia (modern Turkey) not Moesia (along the Danube), which was often rendered as Mysia (mu 1472).
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; religion
Translated by: Anne Mahoney on 26 August 1998@19:30:35.
Vetted by:
William Hutton (Added headword, cosmetics, set status) on 31 January 2001@13:04:28.
David Whitehead (augmented note; added keywords) on 24 April 2002@03:33:13.
Nicholas Fincher (added note) on 23 July 2003@01:55:35.
David Whitehead (added x-ref; cosmetics) on 23 July 2003@03:35:24.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 1 August 2011@07:45:16.
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