Asine (Ancient Greek: Ἀσίνη) was a town of ancient Messenia, which was built by the Dryopes, when they were expelled from Asine in the Argeia. In one...
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medieval strongholds of Kalamata, Coron (anc. Asine, mod. Koroni), Modon (Methoni) and Pylos. Messenia was a part of the Byzantine Empire until 1205,...
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Asine may refer to: Asine, an ancient Greek city in Argolis Asine (Messenia), an ancient Greek city in Messenia Asine (Laconia), an ancient Greek city...
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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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because Herodotus and Thucydides speak of the Messenian Asine as a town in Laconia, since Messenia formed a part of Laconia at the time when they wrote....
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northern Turkey Gümüşhane Asine Argolis, Greece destroyed Asine Messenia, Greece Asine Laconia, southern Greece Skoutari Asine Cyprus Asinou (Ασίνου) Asklepios...
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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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Helladic III. Caskey also stated that Lerna (along with settlements at Tiryns, Asine in the Argolid, Agios Kosmas near Athens, and perhaps Corinth) was destroyed...
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Antheia (Ancient Greek: Ἄνθεια) was a town in ancient Messenia, mentioned in the Iliad by Homer, who gives it the epithet Βαθυγείμων. Homer says it was...
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Colonides (redirect from Colone (Messenia))
southwest of ancient Messenia described by Pausanias as standing upon a height at a short distance from the sea, and 40 stadia from Asine. The inhabitants...
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(philosopher) Asclepeion Asclepius Ascolia Asebeia Asia (mythology) Asine (Messenia) Asius Asius of Samos Asklepieion of Athens Askos Asopis Asphodel Meadows...
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daughter of Eurotas, by whom he became the father of Amyclas, Eurydice, and Asine. As king, he named his country after himself and the city after his wife...
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as Mount Parnassus. They retained the name after having transferred to Asine in Peloponnesus. Antoninus Liberalis, 32 as cited in Nicander's Metamorphoses...
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Carystus while in southern Argolis they founded the cities of Hermione, Asine, Heiones and Mases. This movement of the Drupones was the first meaningful...
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influences. Pure LHIIB assemblages are rare and originate from Tiryns, Asine and Korakou. C-14 dates from Tsoungiza indicate LHII was dated to between...
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Swedish Institute at Athens (section Asine, Argolis (1922, 1924, 1930, 1970–1974, 1976–1978, 1985, 1989–1990))
Aphidna (Attica), Asine (Argolis), Agios Elias (Arcadia), Berbati (Argolis), Chania Kastelli (Crete), Dendra (Argolis), Malthi (Messenia), Midea (Argolis)...
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traditionally inhabit the Mani Peninsula; located in western Laconia and eastern Messenia, in the southern Peloponnese, Greece. They were also formerly known as...
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Árta Άρτα Árta ˈarta Arta Ἀσία Asía Ασία Asía aˈsia Asia Ἀσίνη Asínē Ασίνη Asíni aˈsini Asine Ἀσκάλων Askálōn Ασκάλων Askálon a'skalon Ascalon Ἀσσυρία Assyría...
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Hermione, Asine, and Eïon. Hermione is mentioned by Homer along with its kindred city Asine in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad. Asine and Eïon were...
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Cleonae (235 BC) Argos (229 BC) Phlius (229 BC) Hermione (229 BC) Alea Asine From the ancient political geography of Arcadia, not totally compatible...
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later (13th century BC) development. Small shrines have been identified in Asine, Berbati, Malthi and Pylos, while a number of sacred enclosures have been...
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is possible that Hermione was a mythical name, the place of the souls. Asine: Cult of Demeter Chthonia. The cult seems to be related to the original...
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Prominent sites include Mycenae, Pylos, and Argos. The Palace of Pylos in Messenia has contributed a significant amount of Linear B tablets to the archaeological...
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