Polichne (Messenia)

Polichne (Ancient Greek: Πολίχνη) was a town in the northwest of ancient Messenia, situated on the road from Andania to Dorium and Cyparissia.[1]

Its site is tentatively located near the modern Kopanaki/Stylari.[2][3]

References
  1. Pausanias (1918). "33.6". Description of Greece. Vol. 4. 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.
  3. 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). "Polichna". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

37°17′45″N 21°49′25″E


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