Colonides

{{Short description|Town in ancient Messenia}}

Colonides or Kolonides ({{langx|grc|Κολωνίδες}}), also known as Colonis or Kolonis (Κολωνίς)Plutarch, Phil. 18. or as Colone or Kolone (Κολώνη),{{Cite Ptolemy|3.15.7}} was a town in the southwest of ancient Messenia described by Pausanias as standing upon a height at a short distance from the sea, and 40 stadia from Asine.{{Cite Pausanias|4|34|8}}, 12. The inhabitants affirmed that they were not Messenians, but a colony led from Athens by Colaenus. It is mentioned by Plutarch as a place which Philopoemen marched to relieve leading to his capture and execution; but according to the narrative of Livy, Corone was the place towards which Philopoemen marched.{{Cite Livy|39.49}}

Its site is located near the modern Vournaria.{{Cite Barrington|58}}{{Cite DARE|28517}}