Poeaessa information

Poeaessa or Poiaessa (Ancient Greek: Ποιάεσσα) was a town of the borderlands between ancient Messenia and Laconia, mentioned by Strabo.^[1] Strabo relates that it was founded by Teleclus, king of Sparta, in the 8th century BCE, along with the cities of Echeiae and Tragium, and Poeaessa contained a sanctuary of Athena Nedusia.

Its site is unlocated,^[2] although it has been suggested that it was located, like the other cities founded by Teleclus, near the upper course of the Nedon River.^[3]

^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 8.4.4. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Juan José Torres Esbarranch (2001). Estrabón, Geografía libros VIII-X (in Spanish). Madrid: Gredos. p. 104, n. 312. ISBN 84-249-2298-0.

[1] Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 8.4.4. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

[2] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

[3] Juan José Torres Esbarranch (2001). Estrabón, Geografía libros VIII-X (in Spanish). Madrid: Gredos. p. 104, n. 312. ISBN 84-249-2298-0.