Aegila
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For the island known anciently by this name, see Antikythera.
Aegila or Aigila (Ancient Greek: τὰ Αἴγιλα or Αἴγιλα) was a town of ancient Laconia with a temple of Demeter.[1]
It site is tentatively located at Kionia Kournou.[2] [3]
References
[edit ]- ^ Pausanias (1918). "17.1". Description of Greece. Vol. 4. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World . Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Aegila". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London: John Murray.
36°33′33′′N 22°27′58′′E / 36.559084°N 22.466185°E / 36.559084; 22.466185
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