Colonides
Colonides or Kolonides (Ancient Greek: Κολωνίδες), also known as Colonis or Kolonis (Κολωνίς)[1] or as Colone or Kolone (Κολώνη),[2] was a town in the southwest of ancient Messenia described by Pausanias as standing upon a height at a short distance from the sea, and 40 stadia from Asine.[3] The inhabitants affirmed that they were not Messenians, but a colony led from Athens by . It is mentioned by Plutarch as a place which Philopoemen marched to relieve leading to his capture and execution;[1] but according to the narrative of Livy, Corone was the place towards which Philopoemen marched.[4]
Its site is located near the modern .[5][6]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Plutarch, Phil. 18.
- ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. 3.15.7.
- ^ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 4.34.8. , 12.
- ^ Livy. Ab Urbe Condita Libri (History of Rome). 39.49.
- ^ 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). "Colonides". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
Coordinates: 36°50′10″N 21°55′44″E / 36.836082°N 21.928788°E
- Populated places in ancient Messenia
- Former populated places in Greece
- Athenian colonies
- Ancient Peloponnese geography stubs