Passage 3.25.9
Ταινάρου δὲ τῆς ἄκρας πλοῦν ὅσον τεσσαράκοντα σταδίων ἀφέστηκε Καινήπολις· ὄνομα δὲ ἦν πάλαι καὶ ταύτῃ Ταίναρον. ἐν αὐτῇ δὲ μέγαρον Δήμητρος καὶ ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ ναός ἐστιν Ἀφροδίτης καὶ ἄγαλμα ὀρθὸν λίθου. ἐντεῦθεν ἀποσχόντι τριάκοντα σταδίους Θυρίδες ἄκρα Ταινάρου καὶ πόλεως ἐρείπια Ἱππόλας ἐστίν, ἐν δὲ αὐτοῖς Ἀθηνᾶς ἱερὸν Ἱππολαΐτιδος· ὀλίγον δὲ ἀπωτέρω Μέσσα πόλις καὶ λιμήν.
Forty stades from the promontory of Taenarum lies Caenepolis by sea; this place also once bore the name Taenarum. In it there is a sanctuary of Demeter, and by the shore a temple of Aphrodite, containing an upright stone statue. Sailing onward from there thirty stades are the promontory Thyrides and the ruins of the city Hippola, where stands the sacred sanctuary of Athena Hippolaitis. A little further distant is the city Messa with its harbor.