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AGIOS FLOROS (Village) ARFARA
A village about 8 km E of Messene. A group of warm and cold springs
at a site 1 km to the N have been recognized from antiquity as the sources of
the Pamisos river. Pausanias mentions annual sacrifices to this river, as well
as springs where children were cured. Archaeological excavations have uncovered
the remains of a small Doric temple with cella and pronaos, connected by a ramp
to an open-air altar. Masonry predating the temple surrounded an opening at the
back of the cella, presumably a sacred spring, and many small dedicatory objects
were found in the earth floor. Two inscriptions recorded dedications to Pamisos.
At the end of the excavation season, the remains were re-covered and the finds
taken to the National Museum in Athens.
M. H. Mc Allister, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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