Limnae

Limnae (Ancient Greek: ) was an ancient Greek[1] city located in Thrace, located in the region of the Thracian Chersonesos.

Another Limnae was a place on the border between Messenia and Laconia.[2]

Another Limnae held the oldest shrine of Dionysus at Athens.[3][4]

Another Limnae was a district of the ancient city of Sparta.[5]

Another Limnae was a city in Pisidia, which, as well as being called Λίμναι (genitive Λιμνῶν, as in πόλις Λιμνῶν, city of Limnae), was also called Λιμέναι (Limenae) and Λυμναία (Lymnaea).[6] It has been identified with modern Gaziri,[7] where there is a wall-surrounded island in Lake Hoyran called Limenia housing ruins that include those of a temple of Artemis.[8][9] The Greek word Λίμναι means lakes or marshes.[10] The Pisidian Limnae was an episcopal see, now listed in the Annuario Pontificio as a titular see.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,Index
  2. ↑ William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), entry "Limnae"
  3. ↑ Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, volume 95 (1993), pp. 210-212
  4. ↑ "Limnae." Brill’s New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider. Brill Online, 2014
  5. ↑ Nigel M. Kennell, Spartans: A New History (John Wiley * Sons 2011 ISBN 978-1-44436053-0), p. 30
  6. ↑ William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), entry "Limenae"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 917
  8. ↑ Travel in Anatolia
  9. ↑ Hoyran (Limenia) Island
  10. ↑ Cf. Wiktionary