Mases

Mases ({{langx|grc|Μάσης}}, ἡ Μάσητος{{Cite Stephanus|s.v.}}) was a city in the district Hermionis, on the Argolic peninsula, in ancient Argolis.{{Cite Strabo|viii. p.376}} It is mentioned by Homer as part of Diomedes's kingdom in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad, along with Aegina.{{Cite Iliad|2.562}} In the time of Pausanias, it was used as a harbour by Hermione.{{Cite Pausanias|2|36|2}}

Its site is tentatively located near the modern Koilada,{{Cite DARE|31014}}{{Cite Barrington|58}} northeast of Kranidi.

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Category:Populated places in ancient Argolis

Category:Former populated places in Greece

Category:Locations in the Iliad

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