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ΖΑΡΑΞ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΖΑΡΑΚΑΣ
(Zarex, Eth. Zarekios) A town on the eastern coast of Laconia, with
a good harbour, situated upon a promontory, which is a projection of Mt. Zarax.
Like Prasiae and some other places on this part of the Laconian coast, it passed
into the hands of the Argives in the time of the Macedonian supremacy; and this
was apparently the reason why it was destroyed by Cleonymus, the son of Cleomenes.
From this disaster it never recovered. Augustus made it one of the Eleuthero-Laconian
towns; but Pausanias found in it nothing to mention but a temple of Apollo at
the end of the harbour. It is now called Hieaka, which is evidently a corruption
of Zarax, and there are still ruins of the ancient town. The promontory bears
the same name, and the port, which is on its northern side, is described as small
but well sheltered. Pausanias says that Zarax was 100 stadia from Epidaurus Limera,
but this distance is too great.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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