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Parrhasia (Arcadia)
Parrhasia () was a region in south Arcadia, Greece. Parrhasius, son of Lycaon gave it his name. Today, the area corresponds to modern southwestern Arcadia, west of Megalopoli, and southeastern Elis. The nymph of Artemis named Callisto, whom the goddess Hera made into a bear and Zeus later made into the constellation Ursa Major, was said to come from Parrhasia. Athenaios mentions a famous beauty contest there. Ancient cities * Acacesium * Acontium * Aliphera * Basilis * Daseae * Lycosura * Macareae *Parrhasia * Phigalia — in Parrhasia, but in an isolated area on the frontier of the Messenia region, which had access to the sea and whose causes they often joined. * Proseis *Trapezus Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. The city was founded in 756 BC as "Trapezous" by colonists from Miletus. It was added into the Achaemenid Em ... References External links Perseus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcadia (ancient Region)
Arcadia (; ) is a region in the central Peloponnese, Greece. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas, and in Greek mythology it was the home of the gods Hermes and Pan. In European Renaissance arts, Arcadia was celebrated as an unspoiled, harmonious wilderness; as such, it was referenced in popular culture. The modern regional unit of the same name more or less overlaps with the historical region, but is slightly larger. History Arcadia was gradually linked in a loose confederation that included all the Arcadian towns and was named League of the Arcadians. In the 7th century BC, it successfully faced the threat of Sparta and the Arcadians managed to maintain their independence. They participated in the Persian Wars alongside other Greeks by sending forces to Thermopylae and Plataea. During the Peloponnesian War, Arcadia allied with Sparta and Corinth. In the following years, during the period of the hegemony of Thebes, the Theban general Epaminondas re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acontium
Acontium or Akontion () was a town of ancient Arcadia, in the district of Parrhasia. The people of Acontium moved to Megalopolis A megalopolis () or a supercity, also called a megaregion, is a group of metropolitan areas which are perceived as a continuous urban area through common systems of transport, economy, resources, ecology, and so on. They are integrated enough ... upon the founding of that city in 371 BCE. Its site is unlocated. References Populated places in ancient Arcadia Former populated places in Greece Lost ancient cities and towns Parrhasia {{AncientArcadia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trapezus, Arcadia
Trapezus or Trapezous (), also known as Trapezuntus or Trapezountos (Τραπεζοῦντος), was a town of ancient Arcadia, in the district Parrhasia, a little to the left of the river Alpheius. Its site is near modern Mavria, in the municipal unit of Gortyna. It is said to have derived its name from its founder Trapezeus, the son of Lycaon, or from ''trapeza'' (τράπεζα, 'a table') because Zeus here overturned the table on which Lycaon offered him cooked human flesh. The mythological Arcadian king Hippothous was said to have transferred the seat of government from Tegea to Trapezus. On the foundation of Megalopolis, in 371 BC, the inhabitants of Trapezus refused to remove to the new city; and having thus incurred the anger of the other Arcadians, they quitted Peloponnesus, and took refuge in Trapezus on the Pontus Euxeinus (modern Trabzon), where they were received as a kindred people. The statues of some of their gods were removed to Megalopolis, where they wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proseis
Proseis (), also known as Prosenses, was a town of ancient Arcadia, in the district of Parrhasia. The people of Proseis moved to Megalopolis A megalopolis () or a supercity, also called a megaregion, is a group of metropolitan areas which are perceived as a continuous urban area through common systems of transport, economy, resources, ecology, and so on. They are integrated enough ... upon the founding of that city in 371 BCE. Its site is unlocated. References Populated places in ancient Arcadia Former populated places in Greece Lost ancient cities and towns Parrhasia {{AncientArcadia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messenia (ancient Region)
Messenia () was an ancient district of the southwestern Peloponnese, more or less overlapping the modern Messenia region of Greece. To the north it had a border with Elis along the Neda river. From there the border with Arcadia ran along the tops of Mount Elaeum and Mount Nomia and then through foothills of Taygetus. The eastern border with Laconia went along the Taygetus ridge up to the Koskaraka river, and then along that river to the sea, near the city of Abia. Ancient Messenia descended continuously without change of name and with little change of territory to the modern Regional Unit of Greece of the same name. History Bronze age The earliest inhabitants of Messenia were thought by the Greeks of the Classical period to have been ' Pelasgians', as in other regions of Greece. Supposedly, the Hellenic tribes had then arrived in Greece, and Messenia was settled by Aeolian Greeks. The Mycenaean city of Pylos has been identified with the modern site of Ano Englianos, in wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phigalia
Phigalia or Phigaleia or Phigalea ( or ΦιγαλέαSo in Polybius, '' The Histories, iv. 3.'' or Φιγάλεια or ΦιγαλίαSo in Pausanias), also known as Phialia (Φιαλία or Φιάλεια), was an ancient Greek city in the south-west corner of ancient Arcadia, in the region of ancient Parrhasia close to the frontiers of Messenia, and upon the right bank of the Neda, about halfway between the sources and the mouth of this river. It is also the present name of a nearby modern village, known up to the early 20th century as Pavlitsa (Παύλιτσα). In modern geography it is located in southeastern Elis. It is situated on an elevated rocky site, among some of the highest mountains in the Peloponnese, the most conspicuous being Mt Cotylium and Mt Elaeum; the identification of the latter is uncertain. Name The name Phigalia was more ancient than that of Phialia, but the original name had again come into use in the time of Pausanias.Pausanias, ''Description of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parrhasia (city)
Parrhasia () was a city of ancient Arcadia, in the region of Parrhasia (Arcadia), Parrhasia. It was mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the ''Iliad''. It was said to have been founded by Parrhasius (Greek myth), Parrhasus, a son of Lycaon (king of Arcadia), Lycaon, or by Pelasgus, son of Arestor. Some writers equate the city with Lycosura. References Populated places in ancient Arcadia Former populated places in Greece Lost ancient cities and towns Places in the Iliad {{AncientArcadia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macareae
Macareae or Makareai (), also known as Macaria or Makaria (Μακαρία), was a town of ancient Arcadia, in the district Parrhasia, 22 stadia from Megalopolis, on the road to Phigaleia, and 2 stadia from the Alpheius. It was in ruins in the time of Pausanias (2nd century), as its inhabitants had been removed to Megalopolis upon the foundation of the latter (371 BCE). According to Greek mythology, it was founded by Macareus, a son of Lycaon. Its site is located near the modern Alfeios The Alpheios (, , Latin Alpheus), sometimes spelled Alfeiós, is the main stream of the Alpheios Valley drainage system, a dendritic type, originating on the north slopes of Mount Taygetus, located in the center of the Peloponnesus of Greece, a .... References Populated places in ancient Arcadia Former populated places in Greece Cities in ancient Greece Parrhasia {{AncientArcadia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycosura
Lycosura () was a city in the ancient Parrhasia (Arcadia), Parrhasia region of south Arcadia (ancient region), Arcadia said by Pausanias (geographer), Pausanias to be the oldest city in the world, although there is no evidence for its existence before the fourth century BCE. Its current significance is chiefly associated with the sanctuary of the goddess Despoina, which contained a colossal sculptural group that Pausanias (perhaps inaccurately) wrote was made by Damophon of Messene. This group comprises acrolithic-technique statues of Despoina and Demeter seated on a throne, with statues of Artemis and the Titan (mythology), Titan Anytos standing on either side of them – all in Pentelic marble. The dates of both the temple and the sculptural group have occasioned some dispute. Remains of a stoa, altars, and other structures have been found at the site as well. The Sanctuary of Despoina at Lycosoura is located 9 km WSW of Megalopolis, Greece, Megalopolis, 6.9 km SSE of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daseae
Daseae or Daseai (), also known as Dasea (Δασέα), was a town of ancient Arcadia in the district Parrhasia. It was situated on the road from Megalopolis to Phigalea, 7 stadia from Macareae, and 29 stadia from Megalopolis. It was in ruins in the time of Pausanias (2nd century), as its inhabitants had been removed to Megalopolis upon the foundation of the latter (371 BCE). Its name was apparently derived from the thick woods. Its site is tentatively located near the modern Apiditsa. See also *List of Ancient Greek cities This is an incomplete list of ancient Greek cities, including colonies outside Greece, and including settlements that were not sovereign '' poleis''. Many colonies outside Greece were soon assimilated to some other language but a city is included h ... References Populated places in ancient Arcadia Former populated places in Greece Cities in ancient Peloponnese Parrhasia {{AncientArcadia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basilis
:''The term is also a female form of Basileus'' Basilis () was a town of ancient Arcadia in the district Parrhasia. It was situated on the river Alpheus. According to Greek mythology, it was said to have been founded by the Arcadian king Cypselus. Its location has been identified with a site east of the modern village Kyparissia, north of Megalopoli. It lay between the towns Trapezus and Thocnia. There was a sanctuary of the Eleusinian Demeter In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, Demeter (; Attic Greek, Attic: ''Dēmḗtēr'' ; Doric Greek, Doric: ''Dāmā́tēr'') is the Twelve Olympians, Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over cro .... The village was already in ruins when Pausanias visited the area in the 2nd century. Basilis is also a popular name among orthodox Christians (Greek: Βασίλης). References Populated places in ancient Arcadia Former populated places in Greece Parrhasia {{AncientArcadia-ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliphera (Greece)
Aliphera () or Alipheira (Ἀλίφειρα) was a town of ancient Arcadia, in the district Parrhasia (Arcadia), Parrhasia, said to have been built by Alipherus, a son of Lycaon (king of Arcadia), Lycaon. It was situated upon a steep and lofty hill, 40 stadion (unit), stadia (about 8 km) south of the Alfeios, Alpheius, and the same distance from Heraia, Arcadia, Heraea, and near the frontiers of ancient Elis, Elis. It was a member of the Arcadian League. A large number of its inhabitants removed to Megalopolis, Greece, Megalopolis upon the foundation of the latter city in 371 BCE; but it still continued to be a place of some importance. It was ceded to the Eleans by Lydiades, when tyrant of Megalopolis (224 BCE); but it was taken from them by Philip V of Macedon in the Social War (220–217 BC), Social War, in 219 BCE after a long siege, and restored to Megalopolis. Later it joined the Achaean League and minted its own currency.Αρχαίες πόλεις πέρι ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
