Asopus (Laconia)

Asopus or Asopos (Ancient Greek: Ἀσωπός), also known as Asopolis (Ἀσώπολις),^[1] was a town of ancient Laconia, on the eastern side of the Laconian Gulf, 60 stadia south of Acriae. It possessed a temple of the Roman emperors, and on the citadel a temple of Athena Cyparissia. At the distance of 12 stadia above the town there was a temple of Asclepius.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[1] Pausanias says that at the foot of the acropolis of Asopus were the ruins of the city of the .^[5] Asopus was a town of the Eleuthero-Laconians.

Its site is located near the modern .^[6]^[7]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Hierocles. Synecdemus. p. 647.
^ Strabo. Geographica. viii. p.364. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 3.21.7. , 3.22.9
^ Ptolemy. The Geography. 3.16.9.
^ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 3.22.9.
^ 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). "Asopus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.