Psamathus

Psamathus or Psamathous (Ancient Greek: Ψαμαθοῦς), called by Strabo Amathus or Amathous (Ἀμαθοῦς),[1] was a harbour of ancient Laconia.

[2] Pausanias places it near Cape Taenarum and Asine, at about 150 stadia from Teuthrone.

He says that at the end of Cape Matapan there was a temple in the shape of a cave and a statue of Poseidon.

[3] Strabo and other ancient writers call Psamathus a polis (city-state).

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