Stenyclarus or Stenyklaros (Ancient Greek: Στενύκλαρος), or Stenyclerus or Stenykleros (Στενύκληρος), was a town in the north of ancient Messenia, and the capital of the Dorian conquerors, built by Cresphontes. Andania had been the ancient capital of the country.[1][2] The town afterwards ceased to exist, but its name was given to the northern of the two Messenian plains and site of a battle where Messenians defeated a small Spartan army.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ Pausanias (1918). "3.7". 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.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. vii. p.361. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "33.4". 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., 4.15.8.
- ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 9.64.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Stenyclarus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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