Colonides or Kolonides (), also known as Colonis or Kolonis (Κολωνίς)

Plutarch Plutarch (; , ''Ploútarchos'', ; – 120s) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo (Delphi), Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his ''Parallel Lives'', ...

, ''Phil.'' 18. or as Colone or Kolone (Κολώνη), was a town in the southwest of

ancient Messenia Messenia () was an ancient district of the southwestern Peloponnese, more or less overlapping the modern Messenia region of Greece. To the north it had a border with Elis along the Neda river. From there the border with Arcadia ran along the to ...

described by Pausanias as standing upon a height at a short distance from the sea, and 40 stadia from

Asine Asine (; ) was an ancient Greek city of ancient Argolis, located on the coast. It is mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the ''Iliad'' as one of the places subject to Diomedes, king of Argos. It is said to have been founded by the D ...

. The inhabitants affirmed that they were not Messenians, but a colony led from

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by Colaenus. It is mentioned by

as a place which

Philopoemen Philopoemen ( ''Philopoímēn''; 253 BC, Megalopolis – 183 BC, Messene) was a skilled Greek general and statesman, who was Achaean strategos on eight occasions. From the time he was appointed as strategos in 209 BC, Philopoemen helped turn ...

marched to relieve leading to his capture and execution; but according to the narrative of

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, Corone was the place towards which Philopoemen marched. Its site is located near the modern Vournaria.

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Populated places in ancient Messenia Former populated places in Greece Athenian colonies {{AncientMessenia-geo-stub