Hyameia

Hyameia (Ancient Greek: Ὑαμεία),^[1] also known as Hyamia (Ὑαμία), was a town of ancient Messenia. According to tradition, Cresphontes established the territory of Hyameia (called the Hyameitis) as one of the five territories into which he divided Messenia.^[2]^[3] It was located between Messene and Androusa.^[4]^[5]

References[edit]

^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii. p.361. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Pausanias (1918). "14.3". 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.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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[1] Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.

[2] Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii. p.361. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

[3] Pausanias (1918). "14.3". 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.

[4] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

[5] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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