Gerenia
Under the Roman Empire, Gerenia was the most northerly of the Eleuthero-Laconian towns, and was situated on the eastern side of the Messenian Gulf, upon a mountainous promontory. Pausanias says that in the district of Gerenia there was a mountain called Calathium, upon which there was a sanctuary of Claea (an Oread), and close to the latter a cavern, of which the entrance was narrow, though within there were many things worthy to be seen.
Its site is located near Zarnata, аbove the modern village Kampos. Two very ancient inscriptions discovered at Gerenia are published by August Böckh.
References
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "26.9". Description of Greece. Vol. 3. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii. p.360. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Hes. Fragm. 22
- ^ e.g., Homer. Iliad. Vol. 1.150.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "26.11". Description of Greece. Vol. 3. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ August Böckh, Corp. Inscr. nos. 13, 42.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Gerenia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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