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Alagonia

Greece

Alagonia (Ancient Greek: ) was a town of ancient Laconia, ancient Greece, near the Messenian frontier, belonging to the Eleuthero-Lacones, containing temples of the Greek gods Dionysus and Artemis. This town was 30 stadia distant from Gerenia. It took its name from Alagonia, a daughter of Zeus and Europa. Its site is tentatively located near the modern Anatoliko.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Alagonia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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