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EPANO KARDAMYLI (Medieval settlement) KALAMATA
Kardamule: Eth. Kardamulites. A town of Messenia, and one of the seven
places offered by Agamemnon to Achilles. (Il. ix. 150, 292.) It was situated on
a strong rocky height at the distance of seven stadia from the sea, and sixty
from Leuctra. (Paus. iii. 26. § 7; Strab. viii.) It is called a Laconian town
by Herodotus (viii. 73), since the whole of Messenia was included in the territories
of Laconia at the time of the historian. It again became a town of Messenia on
the restoration of the independence of the latter; but it was finally separated
from Messenia by Augustus, and annexed to Laconia. (Paus. l. c.) Pausanias mentions
at Cardamyle sanctuaries of Athena and of Apollo Carneius; and in the neighbourhood
of the town a temenus of the Nereids. There are considerable ruins of the town
to the NE. of the modern Skardhamula, at the distance of 1300 (French) metres
from the sea.
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
LEFKTRA (Ancient city) MESSINIA
Leuctrum (ta Leuktra, to Leuktron). A town of Laconia, situated on
the eastern side of the Messenian gulf, 20 stadia north of Pephnus, and 60 stadia
south of Cardamyle. Strabo speaks of Leuctrum as near the minor Pamisus, but this
river flows into the sea at Pephnus, about three miles south of Leuctrum. The
ruins of Leuctrum are still called Leftro. Leuctrum was said to have been founded
by Pelops, and was claimed by the Messenians as originally one of their towns.
It was awarded to the latter people by Philip in B.C. 338, but in the time of
the Roman empire it was one of the Eleuthero-Laconian places. Pausanias saw in
Leuctra a temple and statue of Athena on the Acropolis, a temple and statue of
Cassandra (there called Alexandra), a marble statue of Asclepius, another of Ino,
and wooden figures of Apollo Carneius.
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
PEFNOS (Ancient city) LEFKTRA
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
THALAMES (Ancient city) LEFKTRA
Also Thalame, Eth. Thalamatas. A town of Laconia, distant 80 stadia
north of, Oetylus, and 20 stadia from Pephnus. (Paus. iii. 26. § § 1, 2.) Pephnus
was on the coast, on the eastern side of the Messenian gulf, and Thalamae was
situated inland, probably at or near Platza, upon the river Milea, the minor Pamisus
of Strabo (viii. p. 361). Ptolemy (iii. 16. § 22) also calls it one of the inland
towns of Laconia. Theopompus called Thalamae a Messenian town (Steph. B. s. v.
Thalamai), and we know that the Messenians said that their territory originally
extended as far as the minor Pamisus. Thalamae was said to have been founded by
Pelops, and was called in the time of Strabo the Boeotian Thalamae, as if it had
received a Boeotian colony. (Strab. viii. p. 360.) Thalamae is mentioned by Polybius
(xvi. 16). It was subsequently one of the Eleuthero-Laconian towns. (Paus. iii.
21. § 7.) In the territory of Thalamae, on the road to Oetylus was a temple and
oracle of Ino or Pasiphae, in which the future was revealed to those that slept
in the temple. Even the Spartan kings sometimes slept in the temple for this purpose.
The temple probably stood upon the promontory Trachela, where there are some ancient
remains.
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
EPANO KARDAMYLI (Medieval settlement) KALAMATA
A town in Messenia; now Scardamoula.
Stoupa, the community of Neochorio Lefktrou, where the ancient polisma of Mycaenean Lefktro was, is 50 km away from Kalamata and is on the way to Areopoli and the Caves of Diro. In the community there’s a beach with granular sand and crystal waters. From time to time, semi-sweet water springs up which probably comes from Drako (=dragon), a stream which originates from Taygetos and reaches the beach of Stoupa, while occasionally, brackishness in the shape of a threshing-floor appears and impresses the visitors. The scenery being picturesque, the calm water, the fish tavernas and the hospitality of the local people have lately turned Stoupa into the most popular holiday resort of Mani.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from the Messenia Prefecture Tourism Promotion Commission URL below, which contains image.
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