Alea (, before 1928: Μπουγιάτι – ''Bougiati'') is a village and a former community in

Argolis Argolis or Argolida ( , ; , in ancient Greek and Katharevousa) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, situated in the eastern part of the Peloponnese penin ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Argos-Mykines Argos-Mykines () is a municipality in the Argolis regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the city of Argos. The municipality has an area of 1002.508 km2. The mayor is Ioannis Maltezos, who won the election for the fi ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 143.206 km². The seat of the community was

Skoteini Skoteini () is a small village 57 kilometres northwest of the town of Argos in the Peloponnese, southern Greece. It has an area of 44 km2 and sits at an altitude of 690 meters above sea level. Its name derives from the Greek word for "darkn ...

. Alea is situated in the mountainous northwestern part of Argolis, 5 km southeast of Kandila, 12 km northwest of

Lyrkeia Lyrkeia () is a village and a former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argos-Mykines Argos-Mykines () is a municipality in the Argolis regional unit, Peloponnese, G ...

, 14 km northeast of Levidi and 27 km north of Tripoli. The

Greek National Road 66 Greek National Road 66 is a national highway in southern Greece. It connects Nemea Nemea (; ; ) is an ancient site in the northeastern part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. Formerly part of the territory of Cleonae (Argolis), Cleonae in ancient ...

(Levidi – Nemea) passes near Skoteini. Alea Argolidas

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Alea is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Agios Nikolaos (Agios Nikolaos, Exochi, Platani) *Alea * Frousiouna *

Population

History

Alea was an ancient city of Arcadia, founded by the mythical king

Aleus In Greek mythology, Aleus (or Aleos) () was the king of Arcadia, eponym of Alea, and founder of the cult of Athena Alea. He was the grandson of Arcas. His daughter Auge was the mother of the hero Telephus, by Heracles. Aleus' sons Amphidamas ...

, a son of Apheidas. It was situated near Stymphalos. The city had temples of Artemis of Ephesus,

Athena Alea Alea (Ancient Greek: ) was an epithet of the Greek goddess Athena, prominent in Arcadian mythology, under which she was worshiped at Alea, Mantineia and Tegea. Alea was initially an independent goddess, but was eventually assimilated with At ...

and

Dionysus In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, myth, Dionysus (; ) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. He was also known as Bacchus ( or ; ...

. Every other year the Skiereia, a celebration for the god Dionysus, were celebrated. Pausanias ''Description of Greece'' 8.23.1 Traces of ancient buildings have been found near the modern village.

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Populated places in Argolis Argos-Mykines {{Peloponnese-geo-stub

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Population

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