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298: 235: 63:, who visited in the 2nd century, mentions it as being “...the most ruinous of the towns of the Free Laconians...”, owing to the devastation carried out by Cleonymus. He adds that the only remarkable building in town at the time was a Temple of Apollo, graced by “... a statue holding a lyre”. 339: 211: 70:, and can be accessed by following a footpath up from the modern day harbour. The remains, though scenic, are scarce, unprotected, and rapidly deteriorating. 358: 363: 259: 368: 249: 332: 220: 325: 244: 128: 171: 106: 105:; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via 90: 60: 20: 47:
in the time of the Macedonian supremacy; and this was apparently the reason why it was destroyed by
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and some other places on this part of the Laconian coast, it passed into the hands of the
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Index

Ancient Greek
ancient Laconia
Mount Zarax
Prasiae
Argives
Cleonymus of Sparta
Augustus
Eleuthero-Laconian
Pausanias
Ierakas


Pausanias
"24.1"
W. H. S. Jones
Perseus Digital Library


Polybius
The Histories


Ptolemy
The Geography
Pliny
Naturalis Historia
Lund University
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
Richard Talbert
Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World

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