Oechalia (Messenia)
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Oechalia (Messenia)
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Oechalia or Oichalia was a town in ancient Messenia, in the plain of Stenyclerus. It was in ruins in the time of Epaminondas, and its position was a matter of dispute in later times. Strabo identified it with Andania, the ancient residence of the Messenian kings, and Pausanias with Carnasium, which was only 8 stadia distant from Andania, and upon the river Charadrus. Carnasium, in the time of Pausanias, was the name given to a grove of cypresses, in which were statues of Apollo Carneius, of Her
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Town in ancient Messenia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oechalia_(Messenia)
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2024-03-06T12:39:39Z
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