Harpleia

Harpleia (Ancient Greek: Ἅρπλεια) was a town of ancient Laconia. Pausanias writes that it was on Mount Taygetus but at the entrance of the plain, and 20 stadia from Dereium.[1]

Its site is unlocated, the a connection with Xirokambi has been suggested.[2]

References
  1. Pausanias (1918). "20.7". Description of Greece. Vol. 3. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  2. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.

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


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