Hippola
Hippola (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόλα) was a town of ancient Laconia, a little north-west of the promontory of Taenarum, in ruins in the time of Pausanias (2nd century). It contained a temple of Athena Hippolaitis.[1]
Its site is located near the modern Kipoula.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Pausanias (1918). "25.9". 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.
- ^ 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.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Hippola". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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