Anthedon
Ἀνθηδών
Anthedon (Ἀνθηδών: Eth. Ἀνθηδονίτης), a city on the coast of Palestine, 20 stadia distant from Gaza (Sozomen. Hist. Eccles. 5.9), to the south-west. Taken and destroyed by Alexander Jannaeus. (J. AJ 13.13.3; comp. 15.4.) Restored by Gabinius (14.5.3). Added to the dominions of Herod the Great by Augustus (15.7.3). Its name was changed to Agrippias by Herod. (J. AJ 13.13.3.) In the time of Julian it was much addicted to Gentile superstition and idolatry (Sozomen. l.c.), particularly to the worship of Astarté or Venus, as appears from a coin of Antoninus and Caracalla, given by Vaillant (Numism. Colon. p. 115).
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.