page_title: Cape Matapan
hierarchical_section_title: Cape Matapan
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Le cap Matapan ou Ténare (Ακρωτήριο Ταίναρο)
context_page_description: Cape Matapan, also named as Cape Tainaron or Taenarum, or Cape Tenaro, is situated at the end of the Mani Peninsula, Greece. Cape Matapan is the southernmost point of mainland Greece, and the second southernmost point in mainland Europe. It separates the Messenian Gulf in the west from the Laconian Gulf in the east.
  Cape Taenarum in classical antiquity was the site of the city of Taenarum, now in ruins. In ancient Greek mythology the eponymous ctistes — the founder-hero of the city — was Taenarus, who was credited with establishing the city's important temple of Poseidon.
  Greeks used the proverb Tainarian evil, meaning a great and unlawful evil affecting suppliants, for the Spartans killed the Helots who had fled into Tainaron.
context_section_description: Cape Matapan (Greek: Κάβο Ματαπάς, Maniot dialect: Ματαπά), also named as Cape Tainaron or Taenarum (Greek: Ακρωτήριον Ταίναρον), or Cape Tenaro, is situated at the end of the Mani Peninsula, Greece. Cape Matapan is the southernmost point of mainland Greece, and the second southernmost point in mainland Europe. It separates the Messenian Gulf in the west from the Laconian Gulf in the east.
  Cape Taenarum in classical antiquity was the site of the city of Taenarum, (Ancient Greek: Ταίναρον) now in ruins. In ancient Greek mythology the eponymous ctistes — the founder-hero of the city — was Taenarus, (Ταίναρος) who was credited with establishing the city's important temple of Poseidon.
  Greeks used the proverb Tainarian evil (Ancient Greek: Ταινάριον κακόν), meaning a great and unlawful evil affecting suppliants, for the Spartans killed the Helots who had fled into Tainaron.
caption: Cape Matapan.
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