Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography/Athe'nae 2.
ATHE'NAE (Atenah), a city and port of Pontus (Steph. B. s. v. Άθήναί), with an Hellenic temple. According to Arrian (p. 4, &c.), it was 180 stadia east of the river Adienus, and 280 stadia west of the Aparus Brant (London Geog. Journ. vol. vi. p. 192) mentions an insignificant place, called Atenah, on the coast between Trebizond and the mouth of the Apsarus, but the distance on his map between Atenah and the mouth of the Apsaros is much more than 280 stadia. The distance of Rhizius (Rizah) a well-known position, to Athenae is 270 stadia, which agrees pretty well with the map. If then the Apsania [Apsarus] is rightly identified, and Atenah is Athenae, there is an error in the stadia between Athenae and the Apsarus.
Procopius derives the name of the place from an ancient princess, whose tomb was there. Arrian speaks of Athenae as a deserted fort, but Procopius describes it as a populous place in his time. (Bell. Pers. ii. 29, Bell. Goth. iv. 2.) Mannert assumes it to be the same place as the Odeinius of Scylax (p. 32), and Cramer (Asia Minor, vol. i. p. 292) assumes the site of Athenae to be a place called Ordouna.[ G. L. ]