Calamae

Village of ancient Messenia

Calamae or Kalamai (Ancient Greek: Καλάμαι) was a village of ancient Messenia, near Limnae, and at no great distance from the frontiers of Laconia.^[1]^[2]

Its site is located near the modern Εlaiochori.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Pausanias (1918). "31.3". 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.
^ Polybius. The Histories . Vol. 5.92.
^ 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). "Calamae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London: John Murray.