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Town of ancient Messenia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cardamyle or Kardamyle (Ancient Greek: Καρδαμύλη) was a town of ancient Messenia. It is mentioned by Homer in the Iliad as one of the seven places offered by Agamemnon to Achilles.[1] It was situated on a strong rocky height at the distance of seven stadia from the sea, and sixty from Leuctra.[2][3] It is called a Laconian town by Herodotus, since the whole of Messenia was included in the territories of Laconia at the time of the historian.[4] It again became a town of Messenia on the restoration of the independence of the latter; but it was finally separated from Messenia by Augustus, and annexed to Laconia.[2] Pausanias mentions at Cardamyle sanctuaries of Athena and of Apollo Carneius; and in the neighbourhood of the town a temenos of the Nereids.[5][6][7]
Its site is located northeast the modern Kardamyli, at the distance of 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) from the sea, where there are considerable ruins of the town.[8][9]
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