Listed 8 sub titles with search on: Ancient literary sources for wider area of: "NEAPOLI Small town PELOPONNISOS" .
NYMFEON (Ancient port) VOION
On the voyage from Boeae towards the point of Malea is a harbor called Nymphaeum, with a statue of Poseidon standing, and a cave close to the sea; in it is a spring of sweet water. There is a large population in the district.
VIES (Ancient city) VOION
. . there runs into the land the Gulf of Boeae, and the city of Boeae is at the head of the gulf. This was founded by Boeus, one of the Heracleidae, and he is said to have collected inhabitants for it from three cities, Etis, Aphrodisias and Side. Of the ancient cities two are said to have been founded by Aeneas when he was fleeing to Italy and had been driven into this gulf by storms. Etias, they allege, was a daughter of Aeneas. The third city they say was named after Side, daughter of Danaus. When the inhabitants of these cities were expelled, they were anxious to know where they ought to settle, and an oracle was given them that Artemis would show them where they were to dwell. When therefore they had gone on shore, and a hare appeared to them, they looked upon the hare as their guide on the way. When it dived into a myrtle tree, they built a city on the site of the myrtle, and down to this day they worship that myrtle tree, and name Artemis Saviour. In the market-place of Boeae is a temple of Apollo, and in another part of the town are temples of Asclepius, of Serapis, and of Isis. The ruins of Etis are not more than seven stades distant from Boeae. On the way to them there stands on the left a stone image of Hermes. Among the ruins is a not insignificant sanctuary of Asclepius and Health.
This extract is from: Pausanias. Description of Greece (ed. W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., & H.A. Ormerod, 1918). Cited Apr 2003 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains comments & interesting hyperlinks.
AFRODISSIAS (Ancient city) VOION
City of Laconia.
ITI (Ancient city) VOION
City of Laconia.
NYMFEON (Ancient port) VOION
Harbour in Laconia.
SIDI (Ancient city) VOION
City of Laconia.
VIES (Ancient city) VOION
City of Laconia, captured by Athenians, Bay of.
AFRODISSIAS (Ancient city) VOION
Accordingly they now allowed the Athenians to ravage their seaboard,
without making any movement, the garrisons in whose neighbourhood the descents
were made always thinking their numbers insufficient, and sharing the general
feeling. A single garrison which ventured to resist, near Cotyrta and Aphrodisia,
struck terror by its charge into the scattered mob of light troops, but retreated,
upon being received by the heavy infantry, with the loss of a few men and some
arms, for which the Athenians set up a trophy.
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