Aethaea or Aithaia ( grc, Αἰ̈θαια) was a town of
ancient Messenia, the inhabitants of which revolted from
Sparta
Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referre ...
with the
Thuriatae in 464 BCE.
Its site is unlocated.
References
Populated places in ancient Messenia
Former populated places in Greece
Lost ancient cities and towns
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