Alagonia Explained

Alagonia (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀλαγονία) was a town of ancient Laconia, ancient Greece, near the Messenian frontier, belonging to the Eleuthero-Lacones, containing temples of the Greek gods Dionysus and Artemis. This town was 30 stadia distant from Gerenia.^[1]

It took its name from Alagonia, a daughter of Zeus and Europa.^[2]

Its site is tentatively located near the modern Anatoliko.

References

36.9556°N 22.2612°W

Notes and References

1. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
2. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DA%3Aentry+group%3D12%3Aentry%3Dalagonia-bio-1 A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Alagonia