Psamathus

Psamathus or Psamathous (Ancient Greek: Ψαμαθοῦς), called by Strabo Amathus or Amathous (Ἀμαθοῦς),[1] was a harbour of ancient Laconia. The Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax places it back to back (ἀντίπυλος) with the harbour of Achilleius.[2]

Pausanias places it near Cape Taenarum and Asine, at about 150 stadia from Teuthrone. He says that at the end of Cape Matapan there was a temple in the shape of a cave and a statue of Poseidon.[3] Strabo and other ancient writers call Psamathus a polis (city-state).[1][4][5]

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

References
  1. Strabo. Geographica. viii. p.373. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. 'Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax 46.
  3. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 3.25.4.
  4. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
  5. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 4.5.8.
  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.


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