 | William Pembroke Fetridge - 1872 - 1200 pàgines
...Pherœ, often mentioned by Homer, and is at the present day the most important city of Messenia. It is situated about a mile from the sea, on the left bank of the Ne! don, and carries on a considerable trade in ¡ oil, silk, and figs. Nine hours brings us to Coron,... | |
 | William Smith - 1873 - 1420 pàgines
...Ithome. To the west part of the plain, on the road from Andania to Cyparissia, were POLICHNE and DORIUM. 2. In the plain of Macaria PHERAE, the modern Kalamdta,...a mile from the sea, on the left bank of the river Ncdon, was in antiquity, as it is at present, the chief town in the plain. Three roads lead from Pherae:... | |
 | William Pembroke Fetridge - 1874 - 688 pàgines
...Pherœ, often mentioned by Homer, and is at the present day the most important city of Messenia. It is situated about a mile from the sea, on the left bank of the Nedon, and carries on a considerable trade in oil, silk, and figs. Nine hours brings us to Coran, founded... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1875 - 532 pàgines
...Greece, in the Morea, capital of the government of Messenia, at the head of the Gulf of Koron. It stands about a mile from the sea on the left bank of the liedon, a torrent which emerges from a rocky gorge in Mount Taygetus; and has a small suburb on the... | |
 | William Smith - 1873 - 1654 pàgines
...ruad from Andania to Cyparissia, were POUCHNF. and DORIUM. 2. In the plain of Macaría. — PUERA«, the modern Kalamdta, situated about a mile from the...be the Homeric Ira; a second up the valley of the Ncdon, across Mt. Taygetus to Spnrta, one of whose gates was hence called the gate towards Pharae ("... | |
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DOKIUJI. 2. In the plain of Macaria. — PHERAE, the modern Kalamdta, situated about a mile from the sea, on the left bank of the river Nedon, was in antiquity, as it is at present, the chief town in the plain. Three roads lead from Pherae: one southwards... 