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Nymphaeum (Laconia)

Coordinates: 36°26′23″N 23°08′23″E / 36.43983°N 23.13984°E / 36.43983; 23.13984
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Nymphaeum or Nymphaion (Ancient Greek: Νύμφαιον) was a harbour town of ancient Laconia between Boeae and Cape Malea. It had a statue of Poseidon standing, and a cave close to the sea; in it was a spring of sweet water. Its district was reported by Pausanias (2nd century) to be well populated.[1]

Its site is tentatively located near the modern Ag. Marina.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Pausanias (1918). "23.2". 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.


36°26′23″N 23°08′23″E / 36.43983°N 23.13984°E / 36.43983; 23.13984