Listed 12 sub titles with search on: Ancient literary sources for wider area of: "GYTHIO Municipality LACONIA" .
ASSINI (Ancient city) GYTHIO
The Dorians have many famous cities, the Aetolians only Elis, the Dryopians Hermione and Asine near Laconian Cardamyle
EGIES (Ancient city) GYTHIO
Town of Free Laconians built by the sea, called Augeae by Homer.
GYTHION (Ancient city) LACONIA
Sea-port of Lacedaemon founded by Herakles and Apollo, belongs to Free Laconians. Lacedaemonian docks at Gythium burnt by Tolmides, Lacedaemonian camp at Gythium bur6nt by Philopoemen.
KRANAI (Island) GYTHIO
Island of Gythium.
LAS (Ancient city) GYTHIO
City of Free Laconians.
TRINASSOS (Ancient city) GYTHIO
Some thirty stades beyond Gythium on the left there are on the mainland walls of a place called Trinasus (Three Islands), which was in my opinion a fort and not a city.(Paus. 3,22,3)
ASSINI (Ancient city) GYTHIO
Next day Philip (the Macedon), continuing to pillage the country on his way, marched down to what is called Pyrrhus' camp. After spending the next two days in overrunning and plundering the immediate neighbourhood he encamped at Carnium, and starting thence advanced on Asine, which he assaulted, but making no progress, took his departure and subsequently continued to lay waste all the country bordering on the Cretan Sea as far as Taenarum. (Polyvius 5,19)
After Taenarum, on the voyage to Onugnathus and Maleae, one comes to the city Psamathus; then to Asine, and to Gythium.
EGIES (Ancient city) GYTHIO
As for the rest of the places listed by the poet, some have been destroyed; of others traces are still left; and of others the names have been changed, for example, Augeiae to Aegaeae.
GYTHION (Ancient city) LACONIA
After Taenarum, on the voyage to Onugnathus and Maleae, one comes to the city Psamathus; then to Asine, and to Gythium, the seaport of Sparta, situated at a distance of two hundred and forty stadia from Sparta. The roadstead of the seaport was dug by the hand of man, so it is said. Then one comes to the Eurotas, which empties between Gythium and Acraea.
ASSINI (Ancient city) GYTHIO
After the capitulation, the Athenians occupied the town of Scandea near the harbour, and appointing a garrison for Cythera, sailed to Asine, Helus, and most of the places on the sea.
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