Hippola ( grc, Ἱππόλα) was a town of
ancient Laconia
Laconia or Lakonia ( el, Λακωνία, , ) is a historical and administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta. The word ''laconic''—to speak in a blunt, con ...
, a little north-west of the promontory of
Taenarum, in ruins in the time of
Pausanias Pausanias ( el, Παυσανίας) may refer to:
*Pausanias of Athens, lover of the poet Agathon and a character in Plato's ''Symposium''
*Pausanias the Regent, Spartan general and regent of the 5th century BC
*Pausanias of Sicily, physician of th ...
(2nd century). It contained a temple of
Athena Hippolaitis.
Its site is located near the modern
Kipoula.
References
Populated places in ancient Laconia
Former populated places in Greece
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