Alagonia

Alagonia

Alagonia

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Alagonia (Ancient Greek: Ἀλαγονία) was a town of ancient Laconia, ancient Greece, near the Messenian frontier, belonging to the Eleuthero-Lacones, containing temples of the Greek gods Dionysus and Artemis. This town was 30 stadia distant from Gerenia.[1]

It took its name from Alagonia, a daughter of Zeus and Europa.[2]

Its site is tentatively located near the modern Anatoliko.[3][4]

References

  1. [1]
    Pausanias, Description of Greece iii. 21. § 6-7, iii. 26. § 8-11
  2. [2]
    A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Alagonia
  3. [3]
    Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  4. [4]
    Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Alagonia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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