Akriai

settlement · 330 BC – 2099 AD

Akriai or Acriae was a settlement of ancient Laconia, located to the south of the modern Greek village of Kokkinia (municipality of Evrotas). According to Strabo, the Eurotas river flows into the sea between Akriai and Gythium.

Coordinates

36.79164, 22.78701

Also known as

Acriae (la), Acriae (la), Akraia, Akraiai (grc), Kokkinia, Kokkiniá (el), Κοκκινιά (el), Ἀκρίαι (grc), ᾽Ακραίαι (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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