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ΠΕΦΝΟΣ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΛΕΥΚΤΡΑ
Pephnos, Pephnon. A town of Laconia, on the eastern coast of the Messenian
gulf, distant 20 stadia from Thalamae. In; front of. it was an island of the same
name, which Pausanias describes as not larger than a great rock, in which stood,
in the open air, brazen statues of the Dioscuri, a foot high. There was a tradition,
that the Dioscuri were born in this island, The island is at the mouth of the
river Milea, which is the minor Pamisus of Strabo (viii. p. 361). In the island,
there are two ancient tombs, which are called those of the Dioscuri. The Messenians
said that their territories originally extended as far as Pephnus.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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