Eira (Messenia)
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Eira (Messenia)
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Eira, also known as Hira or Ira (Ἰρά), and Hire or Ire (Ἱρὴ), was a fortified settlement on a mountain of the same name, in the north of ancient Messenia, near the Neda River. During the Second Messenian War the Messenians fortified the place, and Aristomenes defended it for ten years against the Spartans. Pausanias dates the capture of the city by the Lacedaemonians to the first year of the 28th Olympiad (668 BCE). The Arcadians welcomed many Messenians who withdrew thither after the capture of
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Fortified settlement in the north of ancient Messenia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eira_(Messenia)
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2024-03-06T12:44:37Z
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