Asopus or Asopos ( Ancient Greek: Ἀσωπός), also known as Asopolis (Ἀσώπολις), [1] was a town of ancient Laconia, on the eastern side of the Laconian Gulf, 60 stadia south of Acriae. It possessed a temple of the Roman emperors, and on the citadel a temple of Athena Cyparissia. At the distance of 12 stadia above the town there was a temple of Asclepius. [2] [3] [4] [1] Pausanias says that at the foot of the acropolis of Asopus were the ruins of the city of the Achaei Paracyparissii. [5] Asopus was a town of the Eleuthero-Laconians.
Its site is located near the modern Plytra. [6] [7]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Asopus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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