Asopus or Asopos ( grc, Ἀσωπός), also known as Asopolis (Ἀσώπολις),
was a town of
ancient Laconia, on the eastern side of the
Laconian Gulf, 60
stadia
Stadia may refer to:
* One of the plurals of stadium, along with "stadiums"
* The plural of stadion, an ancient Greek unit of distance, which equals to 600 Greek feet (''podes'').
* Stadia (Caria), a town of ancient Caria, now in Turkey
* Stadi ...
south of
Acriae Acriae or Akriai ( grc, Ἀκριαί), or Acraeae or Akraiai (Ἀκραῖαι), or Acreia or Akreia (Ἄκρεια), also spelled Acraea, was a town of ancient Laconia, on the eastern side of the Laconian bay, 30 stadia south of Helos. Strabo desc ...
. It possessed a temple of the
Roman emperors, and on the citadel a temple of
Athena Cyparissia. At the distance of 12 stadia above the town there was a temple of
Asclepius.
[ Pausanias says that at the foot of the acropolis of Asopus were the ruins of the city of the Achaei Paracyparissii. Asopus was a town of the ]Eleuthero-Laconian
The League of Free Laconians () was established in southern Greece in 21 BC by the Emperor Augustus,Greenhalgh and Eliopoulos. ''Deep into Mani: Journey to the southern tip of Greece'', 21 giving formal structure to a group of cities that had been ...
s.
Its site is located near the modern Plytra.
References
Populated places in ancient Laconia
Former populated places in Greece
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