Mesoa

Mesoa (Ancient Greek: Μεσόα), or Messoa (Μεσσόα), was a settlement that existed before the Dorian conquest. It was united with three other such settlements (Pitane, Limnae, and Cynosura) by a common sacrifice to Artemis,¹ and eventually coalesced into ancient Sparta. It is probable that Mesoa was in the southeast part of the city.²

Its site is unlocated.³

References

Pausanias (1918). "16.9". 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.
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Sparta". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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.

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

[1] Pausanias (1918). "16.9". 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.

[2] Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Sparta". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

[3] 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.

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