SAMINTHUS
SAMINTHUS (
Σάμινθος), a town in the Argeia, on the western edge of the Argive plain, which was taken by Agis, when he marched from Phlius into the territory of Argos in B.C. 418. (
Thuc. 5.58.) Its position is uncertain. Leake, who supposes Agis to have marched over Mt. Lyrceium and the adjoining hills, places it at
Kutzopódhi (Morea,
[p. 2.890]vol. ii. p. 415), and Ross at the village of
Phéklia, on the southern side of Mt. Tricaranon, across which is the shortest pass from the Phliasia into the Argive plain. (
Peloponnes, p. 27.)