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'''Alagonia''' ({{lang-grc|Ἀλαγονία}}) was a town of [[ancient Laconia]], [[ancient Greece]], near the [[ancient Messenia|Messenian]] frontier, belonging to the [[Eleuthero-Lacones]], containing temples of the [[Greek mythology|Greek gods]] [[Dionysus]] and [[Artemis]]. This town was 30 [[stadion (unit)|stadia]] distant from [[Gerenia]].<ref name="paus">[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' iii. 21. § 6-7, iii. 26. § 8-11</ref> |
'''Alagonia''' ({{lang-grc|Ἀλαγονία}}) was a town of [[ancient Laconia]], [[ancient Greece]], near the [[ancient Messenia|Messenian]] frontier, belonging to the [[Eleuthero-Lacones]], containing temples of the [[Greek mythology|Greek gods]] [[Dionysus]] and [[Artemis]]. This town was 30 [[stadion (unit)|stadia]] distant from [[Gerenia]].<ref name="paus">[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' iii. 21. § 6-7, iii. 26. § 8-11</ref> |
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The city was named after the [[Greek mythology|mythological]] '''Alagonia''', a daughter of [[Zeus]] and [[Europa (mythology)|Europa]].<ref name="paus"/><ref> |
The city was named after the [[Greek mythology|mythological]] '''Alagonia''', a daughter of [[Zeus]] and [[Europa (mythology)|Europa]].<ref name="paus"/><ref>[[Natalis Comes]], ''Mythologiae'' viii.23</ref><ref name="DGRBM">{{Citation | last = Schmitz | first = Leonhard | author-link = | contribution = Alagonia | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | title = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]] | volume = 1 | pages = 88 | publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]] | place = Boston | year = 1867 | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0097.html }}</ref> |
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Its site is tentatively located near the modern [[Anatoliko, Laconia|Anatoliko]].<ref>{{Cite Barrington|58}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|27397}}</ref> |
Its site is tentatively located near the modern [[Anatoliko, Laconia|Anatoliko]].<ref>{{Cite Barrington|58}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|27397}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 06:48, 6 February 2019
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]
The city was named after the mythological Alagonia, a daughter of Zeus and Europa.[1][2][3]
Its site is tentatively located near the modern Anatoliko.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b Pausanias, Description of Greece iii. 21. § 6-7, iii. 26. § 8-11
- ^ Natalis Comes, Mythologiae viii.23
- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Alagonia", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 88
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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