Pedasus (Messenia)

Pedasus or Pedasos (Ancient Greek: Πήδασος) was a town of ancient Messenia, mentioned by Homer in the Iliad as one of the seven towns of Messenia offered by Agamemnon to Achilles, and described by him as ἀμπελόεσσα ('vine-covered').[1] Ancient authors identify its location with the later Methone.[2][3]

References
  1. Homer. Iliad. 9.294.
  2. Strabo. Geographica. viii. p.359. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 4.35.1.


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