Asopus (Laconia)

Asopus or Asopos (Ancient Greek: Ἀσωπός), also known as Asopolis (Ἀσώπολις),[1] was a town of ancient Laconia, on the eastern side of the Laconian Gulf, 60 stadia south of Acriae. It possessed a temple of the Roman emperors, and on the citadel a temple of Athena Cyparissia. At the distance of 12 stadia above the town there was a temple of Asclepius.[2][3][4][1] Pausanias says that at the foot of the acropolis of Asopus were the ruins of the city of the Achaei Paracyparissii.[5] Asopus was a town of the Eleuthero-Laconians.

Its site is located near the modern Plytra.[6][7]

References
  1. Hierocles. Synecdemus. p. 647.
  2. Strabo. Geographica. viii. p.364. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 3.21.7. , 3.22.9
  4. Ptolemy. The Geography. 3.16.9.
  5. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 3.22.9.
  6. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.
  7. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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


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