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]

References

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


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