Pephnus

Pephnus or Pephnos (Ancient Greek: Πέφνος),[1] or Pephnum or Pephnon (Πεφνόν),[2] was a town of ancient Laconia, on the eastern coast of the Messenian Gulf, distant 20 stadia from Thalamae. In front of it was an island of the same name, which Pausanias describes as not larger than a great rock, in which stood, in the open air, brazen statues of the Dioscuri, a foot high. There was a tradition, that the Dioscuri were born in this island. The island is at the mouth of the river Miléa, which is the minor Pamisus of Strabo.[3] In the island, there are two ancient tombs, which are called those of the Dioscuri. The Messenians said that their territories originally extended as far as Pephnus.[1]

Its site is located near the modern Ag. Dimitrios.[4][5]

References

1. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 3.26.2. -3.
2. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
3. Strabo. Geographica. viii. p.361. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
4. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.
5. 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). "Pephnus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.