Arcadia ( ) is one of the

regional units of Greece The 74 regional units of Greece (, ; singular , ) are the country's third-level administrative units (counting decentralized administrations as first-level). They are subdivisions of the country's 13 regions, and are further divided into munici ...

. It is part of the

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Peloponnese The Peloponnese ( ), Peloponnesus ( ; , ) or Morea (; ) is a peninsula and geographic region in Southern Greece, and the southernmost region of the Balkans. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth land bridg ...

. It is in the central and eastern part of the

peninsula. It takes its name from the mythological figure

Arcas In Greek mythology, Arcas (; Ancient Greek: Ἀρκάς) was a hunter who became king of Arcadia. He was remembered for having taught people the arts of weaving and baking bread and for spreading agriculture to Arcadia. Family Arcas was the ...

. In

Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories conc ...

, it was the home of the god Pan.

Geography

Arcadia is a rural, mountainous regional unit comprising about 18% of the land area of the Peloponnese peninsula. It is the peninsula's largest regional unit. According to the 2021 census, it has 77,592 inhabitants; its capital, Tripoli, has about 30,400 residents in the city proper, and about 44,000 total in the greater metropolitan area. Arcadia consists partly of farmland, and to a larger extent grassland and degenerated

shrubland Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominance (ecology), dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbaceous plant, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally o ...

. It also has three mountain ranges, with forestation mainly at altitudes above 1000 meters:

Mainalo Mainalo (, ; ) is the tallest mountain in the Menalon highlands of the Peloponnese, and is located in Arcadia. The mountain's highest point, known as both ''Profitis Ilias'' and ''Ostrakina'', at a height of , is the highest point in Arcadia. ...

, a winter ski resort, situated in the central north;

Parnon Parnon or Parnonas () or Malevos (Μαλεβός) is a mountain range, or massif, on the east of the Laconian plain and the Evrotas Valley. It is visible from Athens above the top of the Argive mountains. The western part is in the Laconia pre ...

in the central south; and

Mount Lykaion Mount Lykaion (, ''Lýkaion Óros''; ) is a mountain in Arcadia, Greece. Lykaion has two peaks: ''Stefani'' to the north and St. Ilias (, ''Agios Īlías'') to the south where the altar of Zeus is located.Cook, A.B. ''Zeus'', 81. 1914. The nort ...

, famous for the ancient history and myths associated with it, in the southwest. Its climate features hot summers and mild winters in the east, the south, and those parts of the central area that are less than 1000 meters above sea level. Fall and winter are mostly rainy, except in the mountains to the west and north,

Taygetus The Taygetus, Taugetus, Taygetos or Taÿgetus () is a mountain range on the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece. The highest mountain of the range is Mount Taygetus, also known as "Profitis Ilias", or "Prophet Elias" (Elijah). The name is o ...

and

, which are snowy in winter.

Geology and Hydrogeology

Karst-lake Argon-Pedion Arcadia Peloponnese

Arcadia is almost totally mountainous and part of the "carbonate platform" (calcareous or

limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...

deposits) of the Peloponnese. The whole peninsula was formed by intense

tectonic Tectonics ( via Latin ) are the processes that result in the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time. The field of ''planetary tectonics'' extends the concept to other planets and moons. These processes ...

s ( faults, overthrusts and regional

metamorphism Metamorphism is the transformation of existing Rock (geology), rock (the protolith) to rock with a different mineral composition or Texture (geology), texture. Metamorphism takes place at temperatures in excess of , and often also at elevated ...

). In Arcadia's central part around the Tripoli region developed a special form of topography, a geologically fascinating phenomenon: There are several plains and "intra mountainous basins", even "closed basins": The 30 km long "Tripoli-Plateau", "

Argon Pedion Argon Pedion () is the geological name of a "closed karst basin" in the Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadian highlands in the Peloponnese peninsula of southern Greece. The first known appearance of this name was in a publication by the ancient geogra ...

", Basin of

Levidi Levidi () is a small town and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Tripoli, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 312.641 km ...

, Basin of

Vlacherna Arcadia Vlacherna is a settlement in Arcadia, Greece. Administratively it is the seat of the local community (residents 371, 2011 census). It is a municipal unit of Levidi in the municipality of Tripoli (Kallikratis Plan, 2010). It is built at a hei ...

/Hotoussa/ Kandila. The peculiarity of the plains and basins is a result of intensive

karst Karst () is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone and Dolomite (rock), dolomite. It is characterized by features like poljes above and drainage systems with sinkholes and caves underground. Ther ...

ification: Water seeps into the underground, rather than eroding and draining the topography by surface waterways. All drainage runs through

ponor A ponor is a natural opening where surface water enters into underground passages; they may be found in Karst topography, karst landscapes where the geology and the geomorphology is typically dominated by porous limestone rock. Ponors can drain s ...

s (in Greek: καταβόθρες) and subterranean waterways. The additional problem for rural activities in the basins: When winter rains are heavy, the ground is flooded or temporary lakes arise, even today, as drainage through katavothres is often too slow to start cultivation in due time.

History

Ancient history

Medieval history

After the collapse of the Roman Empire in the west, Arcadia remained as part of the Greek-speaking

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived History of the Roman Empire, the events that caused the ...

. Arcadia remained a beautiful, secluded area, and its inhabitants became proverbial as herdsmen leading simple

pastoral The pastoral genre of literature, art, or music depicts an idealised form of the shepherd's lifestyle – herding livestock around open areas of land according to the seasons and the changing availability of water and pasture. The target au ...

unsophisticated yet happy lives, to the point that ''Arcadia'' may refer to some imaginary idyllic paradise, immortalized by

Virgil Publius Vergilius Maro (; 15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Rome, ancient Roman poet of the Augustan literature (ancient Rome), Augustan period. He composed three of the most fa ...

Eclogues The ''Eclogues'' (; , ), also called the ''Bucolics'', is the first of the three major works of the Latin poet Virgil. Background Taking as his generic model the Greek bucolic poetry of Theocritus, Virgil created a Roman version partly by o ...

, and later by

Jacopo Sannazaro Jacopo Sannazaro (; 28 July 1458 – 6 August 1530) was an Italian poet, Renaissance humanism, humanist, member and head of the Accademia Pontaniana from Kingdom of Naples, Naples. He wrote easily in Latin language, Latin, in Italian and in Neap ...

in his pastoral masterpiece, ''Arcadia'' (1504); see also

Arcadia (utopia) Arcadia (; ) refers to a vision of pastoralism and harmony with nature. The term is derived from the Greek province of the same name which dates to antiquity; the province's mountainous topography and sparse population of pastoralists later c ...

. After the

Fourth Crusade The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) was a Latin Christian armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III. The stated intent of the expedition was to recapture the Muslim-controlled city of Jerusalem, by first defeating the powerful Egyptian Ayyubid S ...

, the area became a part of the

Principality of Achaea The Principality of Achaea () or Principality of Morea was one of the vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. It became a vassal of the Kingdom of Thes ...

, but was progressively recovered by the

Byzantine Greeks The Byzantine Greeks were the Medieval Greek, Greek-speaking Eastern Romans throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. They were the main inhabitants of the lands of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire), of Constantinople and Asia ...

of the

Despotate of the Morea The Despotate of the Morea () or Despotate of Mystras () was a province of the Byzantine Empire which existed between the mid-14th and mid-15th centuries. Its territory varied in size during its existence but eventually grew to include almost a ...

from the 1260s on, a process that was completed in 1320. The region fell into the hands of the

Ottoman Turks The Ottoman Turks () were a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group in Anatolia. Originally from Central Asia, they migrated to Anatolia in the 13th century and founded the Ottoman Empire, in which they remained socio-politically dominant for the e ...

along with the rest of the Despotate in 1460. With the exception of a

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rule in 1687–1715, the region remained under Turkish control until 1821. The Latin phrase ''Et in Arcadia ego'', which is usually interpreted to mean "Even in Arcadia there am I", is an example of ''

memento mori (Latin for "remember (that you have) to die")

'', a cautionary reminder of the transitory nature of life and the inevitability of death. The phrase is most often associated with a 1647 painting by

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, also known as "The Arcadian Shepherds". In the painting the phrase appears as an inscription on a tomb discovered by youthful figures in classical garb.

Modern history

Arcadia was one of the centres of the

Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted ...

which saw victories in their battles including one in

Tripoli Tripoli or Tripolis (from , meaning "three cities") may refer to: Places Greece *Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in the Pelasgiotis district, Thessaly, near Larissa ...

. After a victorious revolutionary war, Arcadia was finally incorporated into the newly created Greek state. Arcadia saw economic growth and small emigration. In the 20th century, Arcadia experienced extensive population loss through emigration, mostly to the

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. Many Arcadian villages lost half their inhabitants, and fears arose that they would turn into ghost towns. Arcadia now has a smaller population than

Corinthia Corinthia (; ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese. It is situated around the city of Corinth, in the north-eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Ge ...

. Demographers expected that its population would halve between 1951 and the early 21st century. The population has fallen to 87,000 in 2011. An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the

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shook Megalopoli and the surrounding area in 1965. Large numbers of buildings were destroyed, leaving people homeless. Within a couple of years, the buildings were rebuilt anti-seismically. This earthquake revealed an underground source of

lignite Lignite (derived from Latin ''lignum'' meaning 'wood'), often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon content around 25–35% and is considered the lowest ...

in the area, and in 1967 construction began on the

Megalopoli Power Plant The Megalopoli Power Plant is an 850 MW power plant in Arcadia in the central Peloponnese that produces electricity for southern Greece and the islands. It is located northwest of Megalopoli via the GR-76 (Krestena - Andritsaina - Megalopoli) ...

, which began operating in 1970. The mining area south of the plant is the largest mining area in the peninsula and continues to the present day with one settlement moved. In July and August 2007

forest fires A forest fire A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a bushfire ( in Au ...

caused damage in Arcadia, notably in the mountains. In 2008, a theory proposed by classicist Christos Mergoupis suggested that the mummified remains of Alexander the Great (not his actual tomb), may in fact be located in Gortynia-Arkadia, in the Peloponnese of Greece. Since 2008, this research is ongoing and currently being conducted in Greece. The research was first mentioned on CNN International in May 2008.

Language

When, during the

Greek Dark Ages The Greek Dark Ages ( 1180–800 BC) were earlier regarded as two continuous periods of Greek history: the Postpalatial Bronze Age (c. 1180–1050 BC) and the Prehistoric Iron Age or Early Iron Age (c. 1050–800 BC). The last included all the ...

(c. 1200 BC–800 BC),

Doric Greek Doric or Dorian (), also known as West Greek, was a group of Ancient Greek dialects; its Variety (linguistics), varieties are divided into the Doric proper and Northwest Doric subgroups. Doric was spoken in a vast area, including northern Greec ...

was introduced to the Peloponnese, the older

Arcadocypriot Greek Arcadocypriot, or southern Achaean, was an ancient Greek dialect spoken in Arcadia, in the central Peloponnese, and in Cyprus. Its resemblance to Mycenaean Greek, as it is known from the Linear B corpus, indicates that they are closely related ...

language apparently survived in Arcadia. Arcadocypriot never became a literary dialect, but it is known from inscriptions. Tsan is a letter of the

Greek alphabet The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BC. It was derived from the earlier Phoenician alphabet, and is the earliest known alphabetic script to systematically write vowels as wel ...

occurring only in Arcadia, shaped like Cyrillic И; it represents an

affricate An affricate is a consonant that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative, generally with the same place of articulation (most often coronal). It is often difficult to decide if a stop and fricative form a single phoneme or a consonant pai ...

that developed from labiovelars in context where they became ''t'' in other dialects. The

Tsakonian language Tsakonian or Tsaconian (also Tzakonian or Tsakonic, and Tsakonian: , ) is a highly divergent modern variety of Greek, spoken in the Tsakonian region of the Peloponnese, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in So ...

, still spoken on the coast of modern Arcadia (but in the Classical period considered the southern

Argolid The regions of ancient Greece were sub-divisions of the Hellenic world as conceived by the ancient Greeks, shown by their presence in the works of ancient historians and geographers or in surviving legends and myths. Conceptually, there is no cl ...

coast immediately adjoining Arcadia), is a descendant of Doric Greek, and as such is an exceptional example of a surviving regional dialect of archaic Greek. The principal cities of

Tsakonia Tsakonia (, ''Tsakoniá''; Tsakonian language, Tsakonian: Τσακωνία, ''Tsakonía'') or the Tsakonian region () refers to the small area in the eastern Peloponnese where the Tsakonian language is spoken, in the area surrounding 13 towns, vil ...

are the Arcadian coastal towns of

Leonidio Leonidio (, Katharevousa: Λεωνίδιον, Tsakonian: Αγιελήδι) is a town and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality South Kynouria, of which it i ...

and

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Administration

The regional unit Arcadia is subdivided into five municipalities. (Numbered as on map in infobox): *

Gortynia Gortynia () is a municipality in the Arcadia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Dimitsana. The municipality has an area of 1,050.882 km2. Municipality The municipality Gortynia was formed at the 20 ...

(3) *

Megalopoli Megalopoli () is a town in the southwestern part of the regional unit of Arcadia, southern Greece. It is located in the same site as ancient Megalopolis ( literally ''large/great city''). When it was founded in 371 BCE, it was the first large urba ...

(5) *

North Kynouria North Kynouria or Vóreia Kynouría () is a municipality in Arcadia, Greece. It is located in the eastern part of the regional unit, between the northwestern shores of the Argolic Gulf and northern Laconia. Its land area is 576.981 km². Its ...

(''Voreia Kynouria'', 2) *

South Kynouria South Kynouria ( – ''Notia Kynouria'') is a municipality in the Arcadia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town of Leonidio. The municipality has an area of 592.439 km2. It covers the central part of the anc ...

(''Notia Kynouria'', 4) *

(1)

Prefecture

As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Arcadia was created out of the former

prefecture A prefecture (from the Latin word, "''praefectura"'') is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain inter ...

Arcadia (). The prefecture had the same territory as the present regional unit. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below.

Provinces

Arcadia was divided into four provinces: *Province of

—

Dimitsana Dimitsana () is a mountain village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit ...

*Province of

Kynouria Cynuria ( – ''Kynouria'' or – ''Kynouriake'') is an ancient district on the eastern coast of the Peloponnese, between the Argolis and Laconia, so called from the Cynurians, one of the most ancient tribes in the peninsula. It was believed to ...

—

*Province of

Mantineia Mantinea (; ''Mantineia''; also Koine Greek ''Antigoneia'') was a city in ancient Arcadia, Greece, which was the site of two significant battles in Classical Greek history. In modern times it is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, ...

— Tripolis *Province of

—

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 ...

''Note:'' Provinces no longer hold any legal status in

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Ancient and modern towns and cities

The main towns in modern Arcadia are

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Vytina Vytina (, ''Vytína'') is a mountain village and a former municipality in Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, Greece. It is considered a List of traditional settlements of Greece, traditional settlement. Since t ...

, Lagkadia,

and

Stemnitsa Stemnitsa () is a mountain village in the municipal unit of Trikolonoi, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality Trikolonoi. Stemnitsa is a traditional settlement and is considered one of the most beautiful vill ...

. Ancient cities include Acacesium,

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, Astros, Athinaio,

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 th ...

Falaisia Falaisia (, before 1918: Μπούρα - ''Boura'') is a village and a former municipality in southwestern Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Megalopoli, of which it is a municipal ...

(Phalesia),

Gortys Gortyna (; also known as Gortyn (Γορτύν)) was a town of ancient Crete which appears in the Homeric poems under the form of Γορτύν; but afterwards became usually Gortyna (Γόρτυνα). According to Stephanus of Byzantium it was or ...

, Hypsus (

), Heraia, Lusi, Lykaio,

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 b ...

, Orchomenus (Orchomenos),

Tegea Tegea (; ) was a settlement in ancient Arcadia, and it is also a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the Tripoli municipality, of which it is a municipal unit with an area o ...

Thoknia Thoknia () is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated near the confluence of the rivers Alfeios and Elissonas, at about 360 m elevation. It was named after the ancient Arcadian city Thocnia, that was located ...

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Trikolonoi Trikolonoi () is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 102.031 km2. The munic ...

Tropaia Tropaia () is a village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Gortynia Gortynia () is a municipality in the Arcadia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. ...

, other cities includes

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. ...

Caphyae Caphyae or Kaphyai () was a city of ancient Arcadia situated in a small plain, northwest of the lake of Orchomenus. It was protected against inundations from this lake by a mound or dyke, raised by the inhabitants of Caphyae. The city is said to h ...

, Charisia,

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Enispe Enispe or Enispa () was a city in ancient Arcadia. It was mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships of the ''Iliad'' as one of the Arcadian cities that participated in the Trojan War, led by general Agapenor. Even in antiquity its location was ...

, Kaous,

Karyes Karyes (Greek: Καρυές, before 1930: Αράχωβα - ''Arachova'') is a village of the Peloponnese peninsula, which is located in the southern part of Greece. The Peloponnese is made up of a number of states and Karyes belongs to the state ...

Methydrio Methydrio (, before 1927: Νεμνίτσα - ''Nemnitsa'') is a village in the municipal unit of Vytina, Arcadia, Greece. It sits at 1,060 m above sea level, at the foot of the Mainalo mountains. It is 4 km south of Vytina. It was named after ...

Melangeia Melangeia () was a place in ancient Arcadia, northeast of the town Mantineia, on one of the roads to Ancient Argos, Argos. From Melangeia, an aqueduct led to Mantineia. Its location corresponds with that of the modern village Pikernis. References< ...

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Parori Parori (), formerly Beskeni (, named after a local Ottoman-era '' agha'') is a small village located about 27 kilometres north of Livadeia, the capital of Boeotia in Central Greece. Today, Parori is inhabited by only a small number of full-time r ...

a, Pelagos,

Rhipe Rhipe () was a city in ancient Arcadia. It was mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships of the ''Iliad'' as one of the Arcadian cities that participated in the Trojan War, led by general Agapenor In Greek mythology, Agapenor () was a leader of ...

, Stratia,

Teuthis Teuthis () was a city of ancient Arcadia. It is mentioned in Pausanias, who visited and described its temples, and who narrated the elaborate story of King Teuthis' dispute with Agamemnon and goddess Athena in Aulis, prior to the Greek fleet's ...

and several more. Cities which once belonged in Arcadia include Alea (now in Argolis), Amilos (now in Achaia), and

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-w ...

(now in Elis).

Economy

A thermoelectric power station which produces electricity for most of southern Greece, operates to the south of

, along with a coal mine. In agriculture, potato farms (dominant in central and northcentral Arcadia), mixed farming, olive groves, and pasture dominate the plains of Arcadia, especially in the area around Megalopolis and between Tripoli and Levidi.

Transportation

The A7 motorway ( E65) highway connects Tripoli with Corinth and Athens. It is being extended further southwest to Megalopoli and Kalamata. *Major roads or highways: **

Greek National Road 7 Greek National Road 7 (, abbreviated as EO7) is a single carriageway with at-grade intersections in the Peloponnese region in southern Greece. It connects the cities of Corinth and Kalamata, via Nemea, Argos, Tripoli and Megalopoli. It has be ...

Greek National Road 33 Greek National Road 33 (, abbreviated as EO33) is a single carriageway road in southern Greece. It connects Patras with the Greek National Road 74 ( Pyrgos - Tripoli) near Levidi, passing through the western and southern foothills of Mount ...

, N **

Greek National Road 39 Greek National Road 39 (, EO39) is a national highway of Greece. It connects Tripoli with Gytheio via Sparti. It is connected with the Greek National Road 7 (Corinth - Kalamata) in Tripoli, with the A7 motorway (Corinth - Kalamata) south of Tripo ...

, Cen, S **

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 ...

, N **

Greek National Road 74 National Road 74 (, abbreviated as EO74) is a single carriageway road in southern Greece. It connects Pyrgos with Tripoli, via Olympia and Vytina. Its length is . It runs through the western and central part of the Peloponnese peninsula, in th ...

, NW, N **

Greek National Road 76 National Road 76 (, abbreviated as EO76) is a single carriageway road in southern Greece that connects the Greek National Road 9 near Krestena with Megalopoli, passing Andritsaina and Karytaina. It traverses through the western and central parts o ...

, W, SW *Secondary roads: **Leontari-

Dyrrachio Dyrrachio () is a mountain village in the municipal unit of Falaisia, southwestern Arcadia, Greece. It is considered a traditional settlement and is situated at an altitude of in the Taygetos mountains of the Peloponnese. It is 3 km west ...

Road ** Astros-Tyros-Leonidi-Monemvasia Road **

Karytaina-Dimitsana Road National Road 76 (, abbreviated as EO76) is a single carriageway road in southern Greece that connects the Greek National Road 9 near Krestena with Megalopoli, passing Andritsaina and Karytaina. It traverses through the western and central parts o ...

**Megalopoli- Lykaio Road ** Sparta-Leonidi Road ** Tripoli-Dimitsana Road ** Tripoli-Astros-Tyros-Leonidi Road **Tripoli-

Nestani Nestani (, before 1927: Τσιπιανά ''Tsipiana''Name changes of settlem ...

Road ** Tripoli-Vytina Road ** Veligosti-

Vastas Vastas (, also Βάστα ''Vasta'') is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated on a mountainside near the border with Messenia, at about 850 m elevation. It is known for its "miracle church" of Saint Theodo ...

Road **

Vourvoura Vourvoura () is a village in the municipal unit of Skiritida, Tripoli, Greece, Tripoli, Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia, Greece. It is situated in the northwestern part of the Parnon mountains, at 1,000 m above sea level. It is 5 km west of A ...

-Leonidi Road Arcadia has two tunnels. The Artemisio Tunnel opened first, followed by the tunnel east of Megalopolis; both serve traffic flowing between

Messenia Messenia or Messinia ( ; ) is a regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a prefecture (''nomos' ...

and

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

News

* Arcadia Portal , The news site of Arcadia * tyrostsakonia.gr * leonidion.gr

Television

Arkadiki Radiofonia Tileorasi Arkadiki Radiofonia Tileorasi (abbreviated ART, Arcadia Radio Television) is a Greek local radio and television station serving Arcadia. Its headquarters are in Tripoli, the major city and capital. It broadcasts in Peloponnese, southern Central ...

– ART

Sports teams

Asteras Tripolis Asteras Tripolis Football Club (), currently known as Asteras AKTOR for sponsorship reasons, commonly referred to as Asteras, is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Tripoli in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Asteras Tripolis ...

is the Greek

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

club from the city of

. *

Arkadikos B.C. Arkadikos B.C., or S.E.F.A. Arkadikos B.C. (Greek language, Greek: Αρκαδικός ΚΑΕ), is a Greece, Greek professional basketball club that is based in Tripoli, Greece, Tripoli, Greece. History Arkadikos' basketball section was founded in ...

is the

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

team based in Tripoli, founded in 1976.

Notable Arcadians

Mythology Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society. For scholars, this is very different from the vernacular usage of the term "myth" that refers to a belief that is not true. Instead, the ...

* Lycaon, a mythical King of Arcadia *

Hermes Hermes (; ) is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology considered the herald of the gods. He is also widely considered the protector of human heralds, travelers, thieves, merchants, and orators. He is able to move quic ...

, God of the gymnasium, public speaking, thievery, heralds and travellers. * Pan, God of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music, and companion of the nymphs *

Atalanta Atalanta (; ) is a heroine in Greek mythology. There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia (region), Arcadia, whose parents were Iasus and Clymene (mythology), Clymene and who is primarily known from the tales of the Caly ...

, a Greek mythic woman said to have been the daughter of the King of Arcadia

Ancient Arcadians

Polybius Polybius (; , ; ) was a Greek historian of the middle Hellenistic period. He is noted for his work , a universal history documenting the rise of Rome in the Mediterranean in the third and second centuries BC. It covered the period of 264–146 ...

(app. 200–118 BC), Greek historian of the

Hellenistic Period In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Greek history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC, which was followed by the ascendancy of the R ...

(

) *

Philopoemen Philopoemen ( ''Philopoímēn''; 253 BC, Megalopolis – 183 BC, Messene) was a skilled Greek general and statesman, who was Achaean strategos on eight occasions. From the time he was appointed as strategos in 209 BC, Philopoemen helped turn ...

(253–183 BC), Greek

general A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...

and statesman, Achaean

strategos ''Strategos'' (), also known by its Linguistic Latinisation, Latinized form ''strategus'', is a Greek language, Greek term to mean 'military General officer, general'. In the Hellenistic world and in the Byzantine Empire, the term was also use ...

, known as "the last of the Greeks"

Ancient Olympic victors

* Androsthenes of Maenalus, won in 420 and 416 BC *

Euthymenes of Maenalus Euthymenes of Massalia (; ''Euthymenēs ho Massaliōtēs''; fl. early sixth century BCE) was a Greek explorer from Massalia (modern Marseille), who explored the coast of West Africa as far, apparently, as a great river, of which the outflow made ...

(wrestler), won in 400 and 392 BC

Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted ...
fighters

Theodoros Kolokotronis Theodoros Kolokotronis (; 3 April 1770 – ) was a Greek general and the pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) against the Ottoman Empire. The son of a klepht leader who fought the Ottomans during the Orlov revolt ...

(1770–1843),

Field Marshal Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the most senior military rank, senior to the general officer ranks. Usually, it is the highest rank in an army (in countries without the rank of Generalissimo), and as such, few persons a ...

in the Greek War of Independence (1821–1832), he was raised and lived in Arcadia ( Libovisi). * Nikitas Stamatelopoulos ''Nikitaras o Tourkofagos'' (Nikitaras the Turk-Eater) (1784–1849), Greek revolutionary, nephew of Theodoros Kolokotronis (

Tourkoleka Tourkolekas () is a settlement in the municipal unit of Falaisia, southwest Arcadia, Greece. It is situated in the mountains near the border with Messenia, at about 800 m elevation. It is 5 km west of Kamara, 6 km northeast of Pefko ( ...

) *

Dimitris Plapoutas Dimitris 'Koliopoulos' Plapoutas () (1786 – 1865) was a Greek general who fought during the Greek War of Independence against the rule of the Ottoman Empire. Biography Plapoutas was born on in Paloumba in the Arcadia region of the Pelo ...

(1786–1864), general in the Greek War of Independence (

Paloumba Paloumpa (, also ''Palouba'') is a town in Arcadia, southern Greece. It is situated on a mountain slope overlooking the valley of the river Alfeios. It was the seat of the former municipality of Iraia. The town is in a remote area, but contains a ...

) *

Gennaios Kolokotronis Ioannis Kolokotronis (; 1805–1868), or Gennaios Kolokotronis () as he was nicknamed, was a Greek warrior of the Greek War of Independence, General and Prime Minister of Greece. Biography He was born at Stemnitsa, Arcadia, but he grew up at ...

(1803–1868), Greek revolutionary, Major General and

Prime Minister of Greece The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic (), usually referred to as the prime minister of Greece (), is the head of government of the Greece, Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Cabinet of Greece, Greek Cabinet. The officeholder's of ...

(May 1862 – October 1862), son of Theodoros Kolokotronis (

) *

Kanellos Deligiannis Kanellos Deligiannis (; c. 1780–1862) was a Greece, Greek magnate from the Morea and the son of :el:Ιωάννης Δεληγιάννης, Ioannis Deligiannis. He was one of the main organizers of the Greek War of Independence and a politician ...

(1780–1862), Greek revolutionary leader, politician and

President of the Hellenic Parliament The President of the Hellenic Parliament is the presiding officer of the Parliament of Greece. The president's term coincides with the term of the assembly,and is chosen by a vote during the opening session, after each legislative election. Foll ...

(1844–1845) ( Lagkadia)

Politicians

Alexandros Papanastasiou Alexandros Papanastasiou (; 8 July 1876 – 17 November 1936) was a Greek lawyer, sociologist and politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of Greece during the interwar period. He was a pioneer in the establishment of the Second Helleni ...

(1876–1936), Prime Minister of Greece (March 1924 – July 1924 and May 1932 – June 1932) and sociologist (

) *

Epameinondas Deligiorgis Epameinondas Deligiorgis (, ; 10 January 1829 – 14 May 1879) was a Greek freemason, lawyer and politician - the youngest Prime Minister of Greece, taking office at the age of 36. His parliamentary activity numbered 13 years and he served as Prim ...

(1829–1879), Prime Minister of Greece, lawyer (

) *

Grigoris Labrakis Grigoris Lambrakis (; 3 April 1912 – 27 May 1963) was a Greek politician, physician, athlete, and lecturer. He participated in track and field sports and was a member of the faculty of the School of Medicine at the University of Athens. A mem ...

(1912–1963), politician, doctor ( Kerasitsa) *

Theodoros Deligiannis Theodoros Diligiannis (also transliterated as Deligiannis;Konstantinos Apostolou Vakalopoulos, ''Modern History of Macedonia (1830-1912)'', Barbounakis, 1988, p. 95. ; 1826–1905) was a Greek politician, minister and member of the Greek Parlia ...

(1820–1905), Prime Minister of Greece ( Lagkadia) * Dimitrios Gontikas (1888–1967), politician and President of the Hellenic Parliament ( Magouliana) *

Kostas Laliotis Kostas or Costas () is a Greek given name and surname. As a given name, it can be a hypocorism for Konstantinos (Constantine (name), Constantine). Given name * Costas Andreou, Greek musician * Kostas Antetokounmpo (born 1997), Greek basketball play ...

(1951–), Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works (1993–2001) (

Doliana Doliana () is a community of the municipality North Kynouria, in eastern Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia, Greece. It consists of the villages Kato Doliana, Ano Doliana, Dragouni, Kouvlis, Prosilia and Rouneika.Dimitris Avramopoulos Dimitris Avramopoulos (; born 6 June 1953) is a Greek politician of the conservative New Democracy party, and former career diplomat. He has served in various high-level cabinet posts, including Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Nat ...

(1953–),

Minister for Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral re ...

(2012–), Minister of National Defence (2011–2012),

Mayor of Athens The mayor of Athens is the head of Athens#municipality of Athens, Athens. The current mayor is Haris Doukas who assumed office on 1 January 2024. Kingdom of Greece (1832–1924) Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935) Kingdom of Greece (1935 ...

(1995–2002) (

Elliniko Elliniko (, meaning 'Hellenic' or 'Greek') is a coastal municipality in the Attica region and a southern suburban town in the Athens agglomeration in Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality of Ellin ...

)

Poets

Nikos Gatsos Nikos Gatsos (; 8 December 1911 – 12 May 1992) was a Greek poet, translator and lyricist. Biography According to Harvard University, he "had a profound influence on the post-war generation of Greek poets. Writing of both loss and hope, Gatsos� ...

(1911–1992), (

) *

Kostas Karyotakis Kostas Karyotakis (; ; 11 November ( OS October 30), 1896 – 20 July 1928) is considered one of the most representative Greek poets of the 1920s and one of the first poets to use iconoclastic themes in Greece. His poetry conveys a great deal ...

(1896–1928), (Tripoli)

Scientists, scholars, educators, academicians

* Georgios Mistriotis (1840–1916), philologist, Professor of the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; , ''Ethnikó kai Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the University of Athens (UoA), is a public university in Athens, Greece, with various campuses alo ...

(Tripoli) *

Konstantinos Romaios Konstantinos or Constantinos (Κωνσταντίνος, ''Konstantínos'') is a Greek language, Greek male given name. * Konstantinos (occultist), Konstantinos (born 1972), occultist * Kosta Barbarouses, Konstantinos "Kosta" Barbarouses (born 1 ...

(1874–1966), archaeologist, President of the Academy of Athens (

)

Artists

Mimis Fotopoulos Dimitris "Mimis" Fotopoulos (; 8 April 1913 – 29 October 1986) was a Greek actor, writer, poet, and artist. He was born in Zatouna, Gortynia, Arcadia. He studied at the Dramatic School of National Theatre (Δραματική Σχολή του ...

(1913–1986), actor (

Zatouna Zatouna () is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Dimitsana, western Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. It is situated on a mountain slope at about 1000 m elevation, west of the river Lousios. The community includes the nearby ...

) *

Costas Gavras Konstantinos "Kostas" Gavras (; born 12 February 1933), known professionally as Costa-Gavras, is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for political films, such as the political thril ...

(1933–), director ( Loutra Iraias) *

Maria Menounos Maria Menounos ( ; ; born June 8, 1978) is an American and Greek television host. She has hosted ''Extra'' and ''E! News''; she was a TV correspondent for '' Today'', ''Access Hollywood'', and co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athen ...

(1978–), actress, television presenter, journalist ( Akovo) * Dimitris Mitropoulos, conductor and composer ( Melissopetra) *

Vasilis Papakonstantinou Vasilis Papakonstantinou (Βασίλης Παπακωνσταντίνου) (born 21 June 1950) is a Greek singer known mostly for his work in Greek rock. Many of his songs have gained considerable popularity, mainly in Greece and Cyprus. Early ...

(1950–), singer and director ( Vasta) *

Kostas Tournas Kostas Tournas (; born 23 September 1949) is one of the pioneers of modern Greek rock. He is a singer and composer of many hits in the '70s including ''Ti Na Mas Kanei I Nychta'' (''What Can The Night Do For Us''). He shaped Greek rock music in ...

(1949–), singer and composer (Tripoli) *

Kostas Triantafyllopoulos Kostas Triantafyllopoulos (; 8 February 1956 – 21 August 2021) was a Greek actor. Biography After studying at the Theodosiadis Drama School of Athens, he graduated in 1977 and played a wide variety of roles on stage from Greek tragedy, Ar ...

(1956–), actor ( Athinaio) *

Babis Tsertos Haralambos (Babis) Tsertos (Greek: Μπάμπης Τσέρτος; born October 27, 1956) is a Greek musician. His sister is the singer Nadia Karagianni and his father was also a musician who played the mandolin. At the age of 17, he settled perm ...

(1956–), musician, singer (

) * Stavros Tsiolis (1937–), director (Tripoli) * Electros Vekris, artist / sculptor

Athletes

Dimitris Kourbelis Dimitrios Kourbelis (; born 2 November 1993) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Al-Khaleej and the Greece national team. Club career Asteras Tripolis On 31 May 2015, Kourbelis reached 100 appearances f ...

(1993–), international

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

( Korakovouni) *

Yiannis Kouros Yiannis Kouros (, ; born 13 February 1956 in Tripoli, Kingdom of Greece) is a Greek ultramarathon runner based in Greece. Kouros holds or formerly held many world records between 100 miles and 1,000 miles. In 1991, he starred as Pheidippid ...

(1956–),

ultramarathon An ultramarathon is a footrace longer than the traditional marathon distance of . The sport of running ultramarathons is called ultra running or ultra distance running. Various distances, surfaces, and formats are raced competitively, from the ...

runner (Tripoli) *

Michail Mouroutsos Michalis (Michael) Mouroutsos (, born 29 February 1980 in Langadia, Arcadia, Langadia, Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia, Greece) is an Olympic Games, Olympic taekwondo gold medalist from Greece. He became the inaugural Olympic champion i ...

(1980–), Olympic taekwondo gold medalist (Lagkadia)

Other notable personalities

Erasmus of Arcadia Erasmus of Arcadia ( Greek: Έρασμος της Αρκαδίας), also known as Gerasimos Avlonites ( Greek: Γεράσιμος Αυλωνίτης), was a Greek Orthodox bishop of the Diocese of Arcadia in Crete, operating under the Metropol ...

, Greek Orthodox bishop * Lakis Santas (1922–2011), Greek Resistance fighter who climbed on the

Acropolis An acropolis was the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel, and frequently a hill with precipitous sides, mainly chosen for purposes of defense. The term is typically used to refer to the Acropolis of Athens ...

(with

Manolis Glezos Manolis Glezos (; 9 September 1922 – 30 March 2020) was a Greek left-wing politician, journalist, author, and member of the Greek Resistance during World War II. After the end of the war, Glezos became a journalist and edited the left-wing n ...

), on May 30, 1941, and tore down the

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, which had been there since April 27, 1941, when the

Nazi Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During H ...

forces had entered

(

)

In popular culture

* The word Arcadia has become a poetic idyllism meaning "utopia". *

Sir Philip Sidney Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 – 17 October 1586) was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age. His works include a sonnet sequence, '' Astrophil and ...

(1554–1586) wrote

The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia ''The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia'', also known simply as the ''Arcadia'', is a long prose pastoral romance by Sir Philip Sidney written towards the end of the 16th century. Having finished one version of his text, Sidney later significantly ...

, a combination of pastoral romance and poetry, for his sister,

Mary Sidney Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke ( Sidney, 27 October 1561 – 25 September 1621) was among the first Englishwomen to gain notice for her poetry and her literary patronage. By the age of 39, she was listed with her brother Philip Sidney and ...

. It was hugely popular for over a century. * In the science fiction show

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

, Arcadia is the second city on The Doctor's home planet of Gallifrey * '' Arcadia'' is the name of a prize-winning play by Tom Stoppard (1993). * The

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

and

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name Arcadius (Arkadios) was derived from "Arcadia" (see the Emperor

Arcadius Arcadius ( ; 377 – 1 May 408) was Roman emperor from 383 to his death in 408. He was the eldest son of the ''Augustus'' Theodosius I () and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and the brother of Honorius (). Arcadius ruled the eastern half of ...

, the grammarian

Arcadius of Antioch Arcadius of Antioch () was a Greek grammarian who flourished in the 2nd century CE. According to the ''Suda,Suda α 3948'' he wrote treatises on orthography and syntax, and an onomasticon (vocabulary), described as "a wonderful production." Endnote: ...

, the patriarch

Arkadios II Archbishop Arkadios II (; died 643) was the head of the Church of Cyprus during the 630s. He was a supporter of the Monoenergism formula also propounded by Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople, and Emperor Heraclius. Arkadios wrote an epistle su ...

). From Greek it passed in

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

, Ukrainian, and other

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, where it is a common male name as Arkady or Arcady. * The area of the prefecture were featured in several ERT programs including documentaries on the Megalopoli Mine and Ladon Lake. *

Marianas Trench The Mariana Trench is an oceanic trench located in the western Pacific Ocean, about east of the Mariana Islands; it is the deepest oceanic trench on Earth. It is crescent-shaped and measures about in length and in width. The maximum known ...

refers to Arcadia, in their 2009–2010 song "Acadia", referring to it as a "unspoiled, harmonious wilderness". * The rescue boat from '' Resident Evil 4 - Afterlife'' that appears near the end of the movie is named "Arcadia" and broadcasts a recorded help message that the survivors in Los Angeles will receive. Reaching the Arcadia will become their main objective in order to avoid being attacked by more zombies. * The 2014 TV series ''

Resurrection Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. Reincarnation is a similar process hypothesized by other religions involving the same person or deity returning to another body. The disappearance of a body is anothe ...

'' takes place in a real town,

Arcadia, Missouri Arcadia is a city in Iron County, Missouri, United States. The population was 618 at the 2020 census. History Arcadia was laid out and platted in 1849. It was named after the Greek region of Arcadia. A post office called Arcadia has been in o ...

. The choice of setting likely is a reference to the Latin phrase ''Et in Arcadia ego'', since the premise of the show deals with questions of life, death, and people being resurrected from the dead. * The Greek musician

Demis Roussos Artemios "Demis" Ventouris-Roussos ( ; , ; 15 June 1946 – 25 January 2015) was a Greek-Egyptian singer, songwriter and musician. As a band member, he is best remembered for his work in the progressive rock music act Aphrodite's Child, but as a ...

released a song in 1978 titled " Lovely Lady of Arcadia". * The video game ''

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'' features a level and setting named Arcadia, which is a reference to the geography and landscape similarities. * The video game ''

Life Is Strange ''Life Is Strange'' is a series of adventure games published by Square Enix's Square Enix External Studios, External Studios. Created by Dontnod Entertainment, the series debuted with the Life Is Strange (video game), eponymous first install ...

'' takes place in the fictional Oregon town of Arcadia Bay. *On 9 August 2017

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broadcast ''In search of Arcadia'' a television documentary featured a section of the

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. * Tales of Arcadia is an animated trilogy series created by Guillermo del Toro * Arkadia is one of the regions of Greece that can be conquered/defended by either

Sparta Sparta was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (), while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement in the Evrotas Valley, valley of Evrotas (river), Evrotas rive ...

in the 2018 video game ''

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''. The region is considered a principal Greek

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during the ongoing

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. * ''Arcadia'' is the name of the space battleship of

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. * The British rock band Sleep Token released a fourth album titled '' Even in Arcadia''.

References

General and cited references

* COST 621, Final Report, Groundwater Management of coastal karst aquifers, Brussels 2005. * Ford, D. C. and Williams, P., Karst Hydrogeology and Geomorphology, Chichester, 2007, 4th, rev. ed. * Jacobshagen, Volker (ed), Geologie von Griechenland, Beiträge zur regionalen Geologie der Erde, Stuttgart, 1986. in German/English * Mariolakos, Ilias. Geomythological Sites and Prehistoric geotechnical and hydraulic Works in Arkadia, 12th International Congress of the Geological Society of Greece, Field Trip Guide, Patras May 2010 in Greek * Morfis, A. (Athens), Zojer, H. (Graz). Karst Hydrogeology of the Central and Eastern Peloponnesus (Greece). Steirische Beiträge zur Hydrogeologie 37/38. 301 Seiten, Graz 1986. * Pausanias, Description of Greece, English Translation by W.H.S. Jones + H.A. Ormerod, London, 1918.

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Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted ...
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