Thetonium or Thetonion (), also Theton (Θητών), was a town and polis of Thessaliotis in ancient Thessaly.Jorge Martínez de Tejada Garaizábal, Instituciones, sociedad, religión y léxico de Tesalia de la antigüedad desde la época de la independencia hasta el fin de la edad antigua (siglos VIII AC-V DC), tesis doctoral, p.196. Madrid: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2012).
History The town is mentioned in an inscription dated between 450-425 BCE, which is the oldest writing where the title of tagus of Thessaly is mentioned. The inscription is an honorary decree for a certain Soter of Corinth. The acting tagus of Thetonium was responsible for compliance with the conditions of this decree. In the same text, it also appears that Thetonium had a ὑλωρός, which was a post that had surveillance functions in rural areas.IG 9(2).257.Jorge Martínez de Tejada Garaizábal, Instituciones, sociedad, religión y léxico de Tesalia de la antigüedad desde la época de la independencia hasta el fin de la edad antigua (siglos VIII AC-V DC), pp. 244, 261, 262.
Its site is located at a place called Kypritsi, near the modern Gefiria.
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