Strabo, Geography, Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator), 8.5.2

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[2] Next to Taenarum on the voyage to Onugnathus and to Maleae¹ is Amathus, (Psamathus,) a city; then follow Asine, and Gythium,² the naval arsenal of Sparta, situated at an interval of 240 stadia. Its station for vessels, they say, is excavated by art. Farther on, between Gythium and Acraea, is the mouth of the Eurotas.³ To this place the voyage along the coast is about 240 stadia; then succeeds a marshy tract, and a village, Helos, which formerly was a city, according to Homer;

They who occupied Amyclae, and Helos, a small town on the sea-coast.⁴

Il. ii. 584. They say that it was founded by Helius the son of Perseus. There is a plain also call Leuce; then Cyparissia,⁵ a city upon a peninsula, with a harbour; then Onugnathus with a harbour; next Boea, a city; then Maleae. From these cities to Onugnathus are 150 stadia. There is also Asopus,⁶ a city in Laconia.

Geography. Strabo. Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator). London. 1854-1857.

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Geography (English) (Strabo. The Geography of Strabo, Vols. 1-3. Hamilton, Hans Claude, translator; Falconer, William, translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854-1857.)

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Γεωγραφικά Perseus (Strabo. Strabonis Geographica, Vols. 1-3. Meineke, August, editor. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.) — 8.5.2 focus

[2] μετὰ δὲ Ταίναρον πλέοντι ἐπὶ τὴν Ὄνου γνάθον καὶ Μαλέας Ψαμαθοῦς ἐστι πόλις· εἶτʼ Ἀσίνη καὶ Γύθειον τὸ τῆς Σπάρτης ἐπίνειον ἐν διακοσίοις καὶ τετταράκοντα σταδίοις ἱδρυμένον· ἔχει δʼ, ὥς φασι, τὸ ναύσταθμον ὀρυκτόν· εἶθʼ ὁ Εὐρώτας ἐκδίδωσι μεταξὺ Γυθείου καὶ Ἀκραίων. τέως μὲν οὖν ὁ πλοῦς ἐστι παρʼ αἰγιαλὸν ὅσον διακοσίων καὶ τετταράκοντα σταδίων· εἶθʼ ἑλῶδες ὑπέρκειται χωρίον καὶ κώμη Ἕλος· πρότερον δʼ ἦν πόλις, καθάπερ καὶ Ὅμηρός φησιν

οἵ τʼ ἄρʼ Ἀμύκλας εἶχον Ἕλος τʼ ἔφαλον πτολίεθρον

¹κτίσμα δʼ Ἑλίου φασὶ τοῦ Περσέως. ἔστι δὲ καὶ πεδίον καλούμενον Λεύκη· εἶτα πόλις ἐπὶ χερρονήσου ἱδρυμένη Κυπαρισσία λιμένα ἔχουσα· εἶτα ἡ Ὄνου γνάθος λιμένα ἔχουσα· εἶτα Βοία πόλις, εἶτα Μαλέαι· στάδιοι δʼ εἰς αὐτὰς ἀπὸ τῆς Ὄνου γνάθου πεντήκοντα καὶ ἑκατόν· ἔστι δὲ καὶ Ἀσωπὸς πόλις ἐν τῇ Λακωνικῇ.

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Geography (Books 6-14) Perseus (Strabo. The Geography of Strabo, Vols. 3-6. Jones, Horace Leonard, translator. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1924-1929 (printing).) — 8.5.2 focus

[2] After Taenarum, on the voyage to Onugnathus and Maleae, one comes to the city Psamathus; then to Asine, and to Gythium, the seaport of Sparta, situated at a distance of two hundred and forty stadia from Sparta. The roadstead of the seaport was dug by the hand of man, so it is said. Then one comes to the Eurotas, which empties between Gythium and Acraea. Now for a time the voyage is along the shore, for about two hundred and forty stadia; then comes a marshy district situated above the gulf, and also a village called Helus.¹ In earlier times Helus was a city, just as Homer says:

“And they that held Amyclae, and Helus, a city by the sea.”

²It is said to have been founded by Helius, a son of Perseus. And one comes also to a plain called Leuce;³ then to a city Cyparissia, which is situated on a peninsula and has a harbor; then to Onugnathus, which has a harbor; then to the city Boea; and then to Maleae. And the distance from Onugnathus to Maleae is one hundred and fifty stadia; and there is also a city Asopus⁴ in Laconia.

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1. By others written in the singular number, Malea, now C. St. Angelo.

2. The site of Gythium is identified as between Marathonisi and Trinissa.

3. The Iri, or Vasili Potamo.

4. Il. ii. 584.

5. Rupina, or Castel Rampano. The plain of Leuce is traversed by the river Mario-revina.

6. The site of Asopus appears, according to the ruins indicated in the Austrian map, to have been situated a little to the north of Rupina.

Strabo Geography 8.5.2

Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator)

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