Alagonia

Alagonia (Ancient Greek: Ἀλαγονία) was a town of Laconia, ancient Greece, near the Messenian frontier, belonging to the Eleuthero-Lacones, containing temples of the Greek gods Dionysus and Artemis. This town was 30 stadia distant from Gerenia, but its site is unknown,^[1] although it may be synonymous with the modern district within Kalamata, in the prefecture of Messenia.^[2]

The city was named after the mythological Alagonia, a daughter of Zeus and Europa.^[1][3][4]

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• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed (1854–57). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.