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]

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 .^[4]^[5]

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^ Jump up to: ^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, 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 88, archived from the original on 2015-01-24, retrieved 2008-06-09
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.
^ 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.

Coordinates: 36°57′20″N 22°15′40″E / 36.955566°N 22.261205°E / 36.955566; 22.261205

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[paus-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Pausanias, Description of Greece iii. 21. § 6-7, iii. 26. § 8-11

[2] Natalis Comes, Mythologiae viii.23

[DGRBM-3] Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Alagonia", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 88, archived from the original on 2015-01-24, retrieved 2008-06-09

[4] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.

[5] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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