It is mentioned by Homer in the Iliad as one of the seven Messenian towns, offered by Agamemnon to Achilles.
[1] It is supposed by Strabo to be the same as Thuria,[2] and by Pausanias the same as Corone.
[3] Its site is dependent on which, if either, identification is accepted.
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography.
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