Nymphaion (Laconia)
Ancient city · Greece
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 36.440, 23.140
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: harbour town of ancient Laconia
History
Nymphaeum or Nymphaion was a harbour town of ancient Laconia between Boeae and Cape Malea. It had a statue of Poseidon standing, and a cave close to the sea; in it was a spring of sweet water. Its district was reported by Pausanias to be well populated.