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STENYKLAROS (Ancient city) MESSINIA
Stenuklaros, Stenukleros: Eth. Stenuklerios. A town in the north of Messenia,
and the capital of the Dorian conquerors, built by Cresphontes. Andania had been
the ancient capital of the country. (Paus. iv. 3. § 7; Strab. vii. p. 361.) The
town afterwards ceased to exist, but its name was given to the northern of the
two Messenian plains. (Paus. iv. 33. § 4, iv. 15. § 8: Herod. ix. 64.)
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
A town in the north of Messenia, which was the residence of the Dorian kings of the country.
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