Listed 15 sub titles with search on: Ancient literary sources for wider area of: "KRESTENA Small town ILIA" .
KROUNI (Village) ILIA
So the ship ran on its course and came to Arena and lovely Argyphea and Thryon, the ford of Alpheus, and well placed Aepy and sandy Pylos and the men of Pylos;past Cruni it went and Chalcis and past Dyme and fair Elis, where the Epei rule.
EPION (Ancient city) ILIA
A town in the western Peloponnese, founded by the Minyae.
FRIZA (Ancient city) SKILOUNTA
City of Elis.
MAKISTOS (Ancient city) ILIA
Town of Triphylia in the west of the Peloponnese, founded by the Minyae, inhabitants revolt against Eleans.
SAMIKON (Ancient city) ILIA
Place in Elis.
SKILLOUS (Ancient city) ILIA
City of Triphylia, revolts against Elis, destroyed by Eleans, given by Lacedaemonians to Xenophon, people of Scillus build temple of Hera at Olympia.
EPY (Ancient city) ILIA
As for "well-built Aepy," some raise the question which of the two words is the epithet and which is the city, and whether it is the Margalae of today, in Amphidolia.
KROUNI (Village) ILIA
At any rate, if one should conceive the notion that the Eleian Pylus is the Pylus of Nestor, the poet could not appropriately say that the ship, after putting to sea from there, was carried past Cruni and Chalcis before sunset
Then comes the mountain of Triphylia that separates Macistia from Pisatis; then another river called Chalcis, and a spring called Cruni, and a settlement called Chalcis
MAKISTOS (Ancient city) ILIA
The Lepreatans held a fertile territory; and that of the Cyparissians bordered on it. Both these districts were taken and held by the Cauconians; and so was the Macistus (by some called Platanistus). The name of the town is the same as that of the territory.
SAMIKON (Ancient city) ILIA
Samicum is now only a fortress, though formerly there was also a city which was called Samus, perhaps because of its lofty situation; for they used to call lofty places "Samoi." .. Between the Anigrus and the mountain from which it flows are to be seen the meadow and tomb of Iardanus, and also the Achaeae, which are abrupt cliffs of that same mountain above which, as I was saying the city Samus was situated. However, Samus is not mentioned at all by the writers of the Circumnavigations perhaps because it had long since been torn down and perhaps also because of its position; for the Poseidium is a sacred precinct, as I have said, near the sea, and above it is situated a lofty hill which is in front of the Samicum of today, on the site of which Samus once stood, and therefore Samus was not visible from the sea. Here, too, is a plain called Samicum; and from this one might get more conclusive proof that there was once a city called Samus.
TYPANEES (Ancient city) ILIA
Towards the north, on the borders of Pylus, were two little
Triphylian cities, Hypana and Tympaneae; the former of these was incorporated
into Elis, whereas the latter remained as it was. And further, two rivers flow
near these places, the Dalion and the Acheron, both of them emptying into the
Alpheius. The Acheron has been so named by virtue of its close relation to Hades;
for, as we know, not only the temples of Demeter and Core have been held in very
high honor there, but also those of Hades, perhaps because of "the contrariness
of the soil," to use the phrase of Demetrius of Scepsis. For while Triphylia brings
forth good fruit, it breeds red-rust and produces rush; and therefore in this
region it is often the case that instead of a large crop there is no crop at all.
YPANA (Ancient small town) ILIA
Towards the north, on the borders of Pylus, were two little
Triphylian cities, Hypana and Tympaneae; the former of these was incorporated
into Elis, whereas the latter remained as it was. And further, two rivers flow
near these places, the Dalion and the Acheron, both of them emptying into the
Alpheius. The Acheron has been so named by virtue of its close relation to Hades;
for, as we know, not only the temples of Demeter and Core have been held in very
high honor there, but also those of Hades, perhaps because of "the contrariness
of the soil," to use the phrase of Demetrius of Scepsis. For while Triphylia brings
forth good fruit, it breeds red-rust and produces rush; and therefore in this
region it is often the case that instead of a large crop there is no crop at all.
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