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ΟΙΧΑΛΙΑ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΜΕΣΣΗΝΙΑ
Oichalia, Eth. Oichalieus. In Messenia, in the plain of Stenyclerus.
It was in ruins in the time of Epaminondas (Paus. iv. 26. § 6), 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 Hermes Criophorus, and of Persephone. It was
here that the mystic rites of the great goddesses were celebrated, and that the
urn was preserved containing the bones of Eurytus, the son of Melaneus.
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
A town in Messenia, on the frontier of Arcadia.
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