# Colonides

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

Its site is located near the modern [Vournaria](/source/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

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