Cyparissia or Kyparissia ( grc, Κυπαρισσία) was a town of

ancient Laconia Laconia or Lakonia ( el, Λακωνία, , ) is a historical and administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta. The word '' laconic''—to speak in a blunt, co ...

, possessing a temple of Athena Cyparissia. Some authors claimed that

Asopus Asopus (; grc, Ἀ̄σωπός ''Āsōpos'') is the name of four different rivers in Greece and one in Turkey. In Greek mythology, it was also the name of the gods of those rivers. Zeus carried off Aegina, Asopus' daughter, and Sisyphus, who h ...

was the later name of Cyparissia, but Strabo speaks of Cyparissia and Asopus as two separate places. Its site is located near the modern

Boza Boza, also bosa, is a fermented beverage originating from the Middle East and made in parts of Southeast Europe, Central and Western Asia, Caucasus and North Africa. It is a malt drink made by fermenting various grains: wheat or millet in Alba ...

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Populated places in ancient Laconia Former populated places in Greece {{AncientLaconia-geo-stub