Scandeia or Skandeia ( grc, Σκάνδεια) was a town on the island of

Cythera Cythera may refer to: ;Places * Cythera (island), an island of Greece, also written Kythira, Kythera, Kithira ** Cytherean: pertaining to the island Cythera * Cythera (ancient town), an ancient town on the island of Cythera ;Ships * USS ''Cythe ...

, at times considered part 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 ...

. Scandeia was located on the coast and is mentioned by

Homer Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') (born ) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the '' Iliad'' and the '' Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of ...

in the ''

Iliad The ''Iliad'' (; grc, Ἰλιάς, Iliás, ; "a poem about Ilium") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the '' Odys ...

''.

Thucydides Thucydides (; grc, , }; BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His '' History of the Peloponnesian War'' recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of " scient ...

, in his account of the conquest of Cythera by

Nicias Nicias (; Νικίας ''Nikias''; c. 470–413 BC) was an Athenian politician and general during the period of the Peloponnesian War. Nicias was a member of the Athenian aristocracy and had inherited a large fortune from his father, which was inv ...

, mentions Scandeia. Nicias sailed against the island with 60 triremes. Ten of them took Scandeia upon the coast (ἡ ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ πόλις, Σκάνδεια καλουμένη). Its site is located near the modern Palaiopoli.

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