Phoenicus or Phoinikous (), or Phoenicus Portus or Limne Phoinikous (Φοινικοῦς λιμήν), was a harbour town 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 ...

west of the promontory Acritas, and in front of the islands of Oenussae. It is believed to have been founded by the

Phoenicians Phoenicians were an ancient Semitic group of people who lived in the Phoenician city-states along a coastal strip in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily modern Lebanon and the Syrian coast. They developed a maritime civi ...

. Its site is located near the modern Foinikounta.

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