Alagonia

Alago'nia

(Ἀλαγονία), a daughter of Zeus and Europa, from whom Alagonia, a town in Laconia, derived its name. (Paus. 3.21.6, 26.8; Nat. Corn. 8.23.) [L.S]

ALAGONIA

ALAGO´NIA (Ἀλαγονία), a town of Laconia near the Messenian frontier, belonging to the Eleuthero-Lacones, containing temples of Dionysus and Artemis. This town was distant 30 stadia from Gerenia, but its site is unknown. (Paus. 3.21.7, 3.26.11.)

ALAGONIA Lakonia, Greece.

A site occupied in mediaeval times by the fortress of Zarnata, S of the modern town of Kambos on the Mani peninsula. Pausanias (3.26.11) lists it among the Free Lakonian cities and mentions Sanctuaries of Dionysos and Artemis. There are traces of polygonal masonry in the facade of the fortress.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

J. G. Frazer, Paus. Des. Gr. (1898) III 408.

M. H. MC ALLISTER

Alagonia Alagonia, city of Free Laconians

• Paus. 3.21.7, Paus. 3.26.11