Methydrio ( el, Μεθύδριο, before 1927: Νεμνίτσα - ''Nemnitsa'') is a village in the municipal unit of
Vytina
Vytina ( el, Βυτίνα, ''Vytína'') is a mountain village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. It is considered a traditional settlement. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia ...
,
Arcadia,
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wit ...
. In 2011, it had a population of 11. It sits at 1,060 m above sea level, at the foot of the
Mainalo
Mainalo ( el, Μαίναλο, grc, Μαίναλος or Μαίναλον, Mainalos or Mainalon; la, Maenalus) is the tallest mountain in the Menalon highlands of the Peloponnese, and is located in Arcadia, Greece. In antiquity, the mountain wa ...
mountains. It is 4 km south of Vytina. It was named after the ancient city
Methydrium, the remains of which have been discovered near the village.
Population
History
Ancient Methydrion was a city of ancient Arcadia. According to
Pausanias it was founded by
Orchomenus, son of
Lycaon. In the 2nd century AD, it was not a city anymore, but a village belonging 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 enou ...
. It was situated between the rivers Maloetas and Mylaon. It had a temple to
Poseidon
Poseidon (; grc-gre, Ποσειδῶν) was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth, god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.Burkert 1985pp. 136–139 In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, he was venerated as a ch ...
. The remains of ancient Methydrion have been excavated in 1910.
Arcadia - Archaio Methydrio
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See also
*List of settlements in Arcadia
This is a list of settlements in Arcadia, Greece.
* Aetorrachi
* Agia Sofia
* Agia Varvara
* Agiorgitika
* Agios Andreas
* Agios Georgios
* Agios Ioannis
* Agios Konstantinos
* Agios Petros
* Agios Vasileios, Leonidio
* Agios Vasileios, T ...
References
External links
Methydrio at the GTP Travel Pages
Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese
Arcadian city-states
Vytina
Former populated places in Greece
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