Stenyclarus

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.[3][4]

References
  1. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 4.3.7.
  2. Strabo. Geographica. vii. p.361. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 4.33.4. , 4.15.8.
  4. Herodotus. Histories. 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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