Hippola

Hippola (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόλα) was an Ancient Greek settlement on the Peloponnese, in the region of Laconia on the Mani Peninsula. It was northwest of Cape Matapan. Hippola was in ruins by the time of Pausanias in the 2nd century CE. It contained a temple to Athena Hippolaitis.^[1]

The modern settlement of Kipoula is situated near ancient Hippola.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Pausanias (1918). "25.9". Description of Greece. Vol. 3. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
^ Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Hippola". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.