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Leuctra

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

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD)
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Per...

STOUPA (Port) KALAMATA

• http://users.otenet.gr/a/antthom/

  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.

• http://www.na-messinia.gr/docs-en/p.stoupas.htm