Messenia or Messinia (/məˈsiːniə/ mə-SEE-nee-ə; Greek: Μεσσηνία [mesiˈni.a]) is a regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) in the southwestern part of the...
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Messenia (Ancient Greek: Μεσσηνία) was an ancient district of the southwestern Peloponnese, more or less overlapping the modern Messenia region of Greece...
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regional unit, part of the municipality Elassona Kefalovryso, Messenia, a village in Messenia, part of the municipal unit Aristomenis Kefalovryso, Trikala...
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This article concerns the period 749 BC – 740 BC. 748 BC—Anticles of Messenia wins the stadion race at the eighth Olympic Games. 747 BC—February 26 – Nabonassar...
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Chalkidiki, a village in Chalkidiki Kalogria beach, Messenia, a beach in the municipality West Mani, Messenia Kalogria Bay, in the Gulf of Euboea Kalogriana...
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village in the municipal unit Amaliada, Elis Kentro, Messenia, a village in the municipal unit Avia, Messenia See also: Kentron (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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Lesbos, Greece Eira (Messenia), or Ira, an ancient town of Messenia, Greece Eira, Messenia or Ira, a municipality in northern Messenia, Greece Ira, Mazandaran...
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List of Olympic winners of the Stadion race (redirect from Diocles of Messenia)
Anticles of Messenia 9th Olympiad 744 BC - Xenocles of Messenia 10th Olympiad 740 BC - Dotades of Messenia 11th Olympiad 736 BC - Leochares of Messenia 12th...
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Lynceus of Messene (redirect from Lynceus of Messenia)
In Greek mythology, Lynceus (/ˈlɪnsiːəs, -sjuːs/; Ancient Greek: Λυγκεύς, romanized: Lunkeús, lit. 'lynx-like') is a Messenian prince and one of the Argonauts...
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Aphareus of Messene (redirect from Aphareus of Messenia)
in Messenia, which was named after his wife. When Hippocoon usurped the throne of Sparta, Tyndareus fled to his step-brother Aphareus in Messenia where...
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This is a list of settlements in Messenia, Greece. Achladochori Adriani Aetos Agaliani Agios Floros Agios Nikolaos Agios Nikon Agios Sostis Agrilia Agrilia...
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in the municipal unit of Messini, Messenia Neochori Ithomis, a village in the municipal unit of Meligalas, Messenia Neochori Mesolongiou, a village in...
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was a town of ancient Messenia. Strabo says that it was one of the five cities in which the mythical Cresphontes divided Messenia when he took over the...
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Agios Floros (category Populated places in Messenia)
Φλώρος) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Arfara, Messenia, southern Greece. The community consists of the villages Agios Floros and...
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L'oracolo in Messenia is a 1738 opera by Antonio Vivaldi to a libretto by Apostolo Zeno. The opera was composed for the autumn Venetian carnival season...
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older name for Kalamata, a city in southern Greece Kalamai (Messenia), a town of ancient Messenia, Greece Kalamai, Uganda, a village in Teso sub-region, Uganda...
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Polychares of Messenia (Ancient Greek: Πολυχάρης) was an athlete from Messenia who won the stadion race in the fourth Ancient Olympic Games in 764 BC....
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Aepytus (son of Cresphontes) (redirect from Aepytus of Messenia)
romanized: Aípytos) was the youngest son of Cresphontes the Heraclid, king of Messenia, and of Merope, the daughter of the Arcadian king Cypselus. Cresphontes...
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The First Messenian War was a war between Messenia and Sparta. It began in 743 BC and ended in 724 BC, according to the dates given by Pausanias. The war...
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Leucippus (son of Perieres) (redirect from Leucippus of Messenia)
In Greek mythology, Leucippus (Ancient Greek: Λεύκιππος Leukippos) was a Messenian prince. The Boeotian town of Leuctra is said to have derived its name...
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Kalamata International Airport (redirect from Messenia Airport)
Kalamata International Airport (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καλαμάτας) (IATA: KLX, ICAO: LGKL) "Captain Vassilis Constantakopoulos" is an airport in the...
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Corone or Korone (Ancient Greek: Κορώνη) was a town of ancient Messenia, situated upon the western side of the Messenian Gulf, which was sometimes called...
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Lemnos, Lesbos, Samos) Peloponnese (Arcadia, Argolis, Corinthia, Laconia, Messenia, Achaea, Elis) Thessaly (Karditsa, Larissa, Magnesia, Trikala, Sporades)...
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Phoebe (daughter of Leucippus) (redirect from Phoebe of Messenia)
In Greek mythology, Phoebe (/ˈfiːbi/ FEE-bee; Ancient Greek: Φοίβη, romanized: Phoíbē, associated with φοῖβος phoîbos, "shining") was a Messenian princess...
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Messenian Wars refers to the wars between Messenia and Sparta in the 8th and 7th centuries BC as well as the 4th century BC. First Messenian War Second...
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of the Mediterranean known as the Ionian Sea, off the coast of Pylos, Messenia, Greece. The boat, named Adriana, which had a capacity of 400 people, carried...
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Ζαγάρενα - Zagarena) is a village located in the central, mountainous area of Messenia, Greece. It is a settlement of 35 inhabitants (2021 census), administratively...
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Aris (Greek: Άρις) is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality...
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List of settlements in the Magnesia regional unit List of settlements in Messenia List of settlements in the Pella regional unit List of settlements in Phocis...
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