place
Sithonia
also: Sithonian
A district of Thracian Chalcidice; 'Sithonian women' are the Thracian maenads whose biennial Bacchic rites Procne uses as cover.
Reading notes
- Metamorphoses §6.150 Sithonian
A Thracian region; its women are the maenads of the biennial Bacchic rites.
- Metamorphoses §13.412 Sithonian fields
Sithonia, a region of Thrace.