Colonides

{{Short description|Town in ancient Messenia}} '''Colonides''' or '''Kolonides''' ({{langx|grc|Κολωνίδες}}), also known as '''Colonis''' or '''Kolonis''' (Κολωνίς)<ref name=Plutarch>Plutarch, ''Phil.'' 18.</ref> or as '''Colone''' or '''Kolone''' (Κολώνη),<ref>{{Cite Ptolemy|3.15.7}}</ref> was a town in the southwest of ancient Messenia described by Pausanias as standing upon a height at a short distance from the sea, and 40 stadia from Asine.<ref>{{Cite Pausanias|4|34|8}}, 12.</ref> The inhabitants affirmed that they were not Messenians, but a colony led from Athens by Colaenus. It is mentioned by Plutarch as a place which Philopoemen marched to relieve leading to his capture and execution;<ref name=Plutarch/> but according to the narrative of Livy, Corone was the place towards which Philopoemen marched.<ref>{{Cite Livy|39.49}}</ref>

Its site is located near the modern Vournaria.<ref>{{Barrington Atlas|page=58}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|28517}}</ref>

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Category:Populated places in ancient Messenia Category:Former populated places in Greece Category:Athenian colonies