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Teuthrone

Coordinates: 36°37′16″N 22°29′21″E / 36.621145°N 22.489063°E / 36.621145; 22.489063
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Teuthrone (Ancient Greek: Τευθρώνη) was a town of ancient Laconia, situated upon the western side of the Laconian Gulf, 150 stadia from Cape Taenarum. It was said to have been founded by the Athenian Teuthras. The chief deity worshipped here was Artemis Issoria. It had a fountain called Naia. Augustus made Teuthrone one of the Eleuthero-Laconian towns.[1][2] Its ruins exist at the modern village of Kotronas,[3][4] and its citadel occupied a small peninsula, called Skopos, Skopia or Skopópolis.

References

  1. ^ Pausanias (1918). "21.7". 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., 3.25.4
  2. ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.16.9.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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

36°37′16″N 22°29′21″E / 36.621145°N 22.489063°E / 36.621145; 22.489063