Alagonia

Alagonia (Ancient Greek: Ἀλαγονία) was a town of ancient Laconia, ancient Greece, near the Messenian frontier, belonging to the Eleuthero-Lacones, containing temples of the Greek gods Dionysus and Artemis. This town was 30 stadia distant from Gerenia.^[1]

It took its name from Alagonia, a daughter of Zeus and Europa.^[2]

Its site is tentatively located near the modern Anatoliko.^[3][4]

References

1. Pausanias, Description of Greece iii. 21. § 6-7, iii. 26. § 8-11
2. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Alagonia
3. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
4. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Alagonia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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