Aethaea or Aithaia ( grc, Αἰ̈θαια) was a town of

ancient Messenia Messenia or Messinia ( el, Μεσσηνία) was an ancient district of the southwestern Peloponnese, more or less overlapping the modern Messenia region of Greece. To the north it had a border with Elis along the Neda river. From there the borde ...

, 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.

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Populated places in ancient Messenia Former populated places in Greece Lost ancient cities and towns {{AncientMessenia-geo-stub