Messe

A city in the domain of Menelaos (Menelaus).

  Menelaos, co-commander of the Achaian (Achaean) army at Troy, mustered soldiers from the Lakedaimon (Lacedaemon)1 cities of Messe, Amyklai (Amyclae), Augeiai (Augeiae), Bryseiai (Bryseiae), Helos, Laas, Oitylos (Oetylus), Pharis, and Sparta. Messe was referred to as the haunt of doves.

1. Lakedaimon—also called Lakonia (Laconia)

Messe
References:
Homer, Iliad book 2, line 582

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