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Aphrodisias (Laconia)

Coordinates: 36°32′49″N 22°59′17″E / 36.547°N 22.988°E / 36.547; 22.988
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Aphrodisias (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδισίας), also known as Aphrodisia (Ἀφροδισία), was a town in the south of ancient Laconia, on the Boeatic Gulf, said to have been founded by Aeneas.[1]

Its site is located near the modern Megali Spilia.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Pausanias (1918). "12.11". Description of Greece. Vol. 3. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library., 8.12.8
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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

36°32′49″N 22°59′17″E / 36.547°N 22.988°E / 36.547; 22.988