Stenyclarus or Stenyklaros ( grc, Στενύκλαρος), or Stenyclerus or Stenykleros (Στενύκληρος), was a town in the north 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 ...

, and the capital of the Dorian conquerors, built by

Cresphontes In Greek mythology, Cresphontes (; grc, Κρεσφόντης) was a son of Aristomachus, husband of Merope, father of Aepytus and brother of Temenus and Aristodemus. He was a great-great-grandson of Heracles and helped lead the fifth and fina ...

Andania Andania ( el, Ανδανία) is a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Oichalia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 88.694& ...

had been the ancient capital of the country. The town afterwards ceased to exist, but its name was given to the northern of the two Messenian plains.

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