Mases

Mases (Ancient Greek: Μάσης, ἡ Μάσητος^[1]) was a city in the district Hermionis, on the Argolic peninsula, in ancient Argolis.^[2] It is mentioned by Homer as part of Diomedes's kingdom in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad, along with Aegina.^[3] In the time of Pausanias, it was used as a harbour by Hermione.^[4]

Its site is tentatively located near the modern ,^[5]^[6] northeast of Kranidi.

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^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
^ Strabo. Geographica. viii. p.376. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Homer. Iliad. 2.562.
^ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 2.36.2.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.

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

Coordinates: 37°25′04″N 23°08′32″E / 37.417868°N 23.142191°E / 37.417868; 23.142191

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[1] Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.

[2] Strabo. Geographica. viii. p.376. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

[3] Homer. Iliad. 2.562.

[4] Pausanias. Description of Greece. 2.36.2.

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

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

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