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Hyameia

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Hyameia (Ancient Greek: Ὑαμεία),[1] also known as Hyamia (Ὑαμία), was a town of ancient Messenia. According to tradition, Cresphontes established the territory of Hyameia (called the Hyameitis) as one of the five territories into which he divided Messenia.[2][3] It was located between Messene and Androusa.[4][5]

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  1. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii. p.361. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. ^ Pausanias (1918). "14.3". Description of Greece. Vol. 4. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  4. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  5. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.