Pedasus (Messenia)

Pedasus or Pedasos (Ancient Greek: Πήδασος) was a town of ancient Messenia, mentioned by Homer in the Iliad as one of the seven towns of Messenia offered by Agamemnon to Achilles, and described by him as ἀμπελόεσσα ('vine-covered').^[1] Ancient authors identify its location with the later Methone.^[2]^[3]

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^ Homer. Iliad. 9.294.
^ Strabo. Geographica. viii. p.359. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 4.35.1.

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[1] Homer. Iliad. 9.294.

[2] Strabo. Geographica. viii. p.359. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

[3] Pausanias. Description of Greece. 4.35.1.

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