ATINA

atina, the name of three ancient towns of italy. 1. a town (mod. _atena_) of lucania, upon the via popillia, 7 m. n. of tegianum, towards which an ancient road leads, in the valley of the river now known as diano. its ancient importance is vouched for by its walls of rough cyclopean work, which may have had a total extent of some 2 m. (see g. patroni in _notizie degli scavi_, 1897, 112; 1901, 498). the date of these walls has not as yet been ascertained, recent excavations, which led to the discovery of a few tombs in which the earliest objects showing greek influence may go back to the 7th century