Aphrodisias (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδισίας), also known as Aphrodisia (Ἀφροδισία), was a town in the south of ancient Laconia, on the Boeatic Gulf, said to have been founded by Aeneas.[1]
IAphrodisium or Aphrodision (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίσιον) was a town in ancient Arcadia, in the district Maenalia. It was not far from Megalopolis, on the road to Megalopolis and Tegea.[1]
Its site is near the modern Marmaria/Ag. Ioannis.[2][3]
References
Pausanias. Description of Greece. 8.44.2.
Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.
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). "Aphrodisium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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