Calamae

Calamae or Kalamai (Ancient Greek: Καλάμαι) was a village of ancient Messenia, near Limnae, and at no great distance from the frontiers of Laconia.[1][2]

Its site is located near the modern Εlaiochori.[3][4]

References
  1. Pausanias (1918). "31.3". 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. Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 5.92.
  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). "Calamae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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