GERONTHRAE (city in Laconia)
Ancient city of Laconia
- Kind of place
- City
- Region
- Laconia
- Where
- 36.99° N, 22.71° E
Geronthrae contains a temple and grove dedicated to Ares. Pausanias 3.22.6 Dorians from Lacedaemon expelled the Achaean inhabitants of Geronthrae and later sent their own settlers to live there. Pausanias 3.22.6
Described in the sources
Geronthrae is one of the eighteen cities held by the Free Laconians during Pausanias's time. Pausanias 3.21.7 +1 The city is located on the coast opposite Clythium. Pausanias 3.21.7 It is situated between the cities of Brasiae and Marius. Pausanias 3.21.7 A village named Palaea lies on the road between Acriae and Geronthrae. Pausanias 3.22.6 Geronthrae is located one hundred stades away from the town of Marius. Pausanias 3.22.8 Geronthrae is located one hundred and twenty stades inland from Acriae. Pausanias 3.22.6 The distance from Geronthrae to the village of Selinus is twenty stades. Pausanias 3.22.8
Stories and history
The city was inhabited before the Heracleidae arrived in the Peloponnesus. Pausanias 3.22.6