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AMFIA (Ancient city) MESSINIA
Ampheia (Ampheia: Eth. Ampheus), a town of Messenia, situated on the
frontiers of Laconia, upon a hill well supplied with water. It was surprised and
taken by the Spartans at the beginning of the Messenian war, and was made their
head-quarters in conducting their operations against the Messenians. Its capture
was the first act of open hostilities between the two people. It is placed by
Leake at the Hellenic ruin, now called the Castle of Xuria, and by Boblaye on
the mountain called Kokala. (Paus. iv. 5. § 9; Leake, Morea, vol. i. p. 461; Boblaye,
Recherches, p. 109.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited July 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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