Cenchreae (Argolis)

Cenchreae or Kenchreai (Ancient Greek: Κεγχρεαί), also Cenchreiae or Kenchreiai (Κεγχρειαί), was a town in ancient Argolis, south of Argos, and on the road from the latter city to Tegea. Pausanias says that it was to the right of the Trochus (τρόχος), which must not be regarded as a place, but as the name of the carriage road leading to Lerna. Near Cenchreae Pausanias saw the sepulchral monuments of the Argives, who conquered the Lacedaemonians at Hysiae.[1][2]

Its site is located near modern Palaio Skafidaki.[3][4]

References
  1. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 2.24.7.
  2. Strabo. Geographica. viii. p.376. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.
  4. 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). "Cenchraea". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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