Μεθώνη Μεσσηνίας Μεθώνη ( Methoni ) - Μεσσηνία ( Messinia ) The coastal town of Methoni is 10 kilometres from Pylos and 61 kilometres from Kalamata. It has approximately 1200 permanent residents. During Homeric times it was called Pedasos, while Homer characterises it as "ambeloessa". Some argue that Pidasos corresponds to today's Koroni, while Methoni corresponds to the Homeric Aipeia. Traveller Pausanias mentions that the city was also called Mothoni, from the mythical Mothona’s stone, on which the city's castle was located or from Oeneas’ daughter, Mothoni. Methoni (Greek: Μεθώνη, Italian: Modone, Venetian: Modon) is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Pylos-Nestor, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 97.202 km2. Its name may be derived from Mothona, a mythical rock. It is located 11 km south of Pylos and 11 km west of Foini...
