Parrhasia (Arcadia)

Parrhasia ( el, Παρρασία) was a region in south Arcadia (ancient region), Arcadia, Greece. Parrhasius (son of Lycaon), Parrhasius, son of Lycaon of Arcadia, Lycaon gave it his name.

Today, the area corresponds to modern southwestern Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia, west of Megalopoli, and southeastern Elis (regional unit), Elis. The nymph of Artemis named Callisto (mythology), 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 context there.

Ancient cities

*Acacesium
*Acontium
*Aliphera (Greece), Aliphera
*Basilis
*Daseae
*Lycosura
*Macareae
*Parrhasia (city), Parrhasia
*Phigalia — in Parrhasia, but in an isolated area on the frontier of the Messenia (ancient region), Messenia region, which had access to the sea and whose causes they often joined.
*Proseis
*Trapezus, Arcadia, Trapezus

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Perseus

Parrhasia,
Ancient Arcadia

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