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 / 37.29595°N 21.823641°E / 37.29595; 21.823641


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