Location information

Ira

  A mountain in Messenia, which the Messenians fortified in the Second Messenian War, and which Aristomenes defended for ten years against the Spartans. It was in the north of Messenia, near the river Neda. Leake places it at no great distance from the sea, under the side of the mountain on which now stands Sidheroskastro and Marmaro; but there are no ancient remains in this spot. More to the east, on the left bank of the Neda, near Kalkaletri, are the remains of an ancient fortress, which was, in all probability, Eira; and the lofty mountain above, now called Tetrazi, was probably the highest summit of Mount Eira.

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)
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