Ancient-Akropolis-Nestane Arcadia Greece

Nestane ( grc, Νεστάνη) was a town of

ancient Arcadia Arcadia ( el, Ἀρκαδία) is a region in the central Peloponnese. 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 celebrat ...

. Nestane was the place where

Philip II of Macedonia Philip II of Macedon ( grc-gre, Φίλιππος ; 382 – 21 October 336 BC) was the king ('' basileus'') of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC. He was a member of the Argead dynasty, founders of the a ...

camped on an expedition, in the year 338 BCE, when he tried to attract the alliance of the Arcadians to separate them from the other Greeks. It was located on the side of a hill in a plain called "

Argon Pedion Argon Pedion ( gr, Ἀργὸν Πεδίον, 3=untilled plain) is the geological name of a "closed karst basin" in the Arcadian highlands in the Peloponnese peninsula of southern Greece. The first known appearance of this name was in a publicati ...

" (untilled plain), and in the time of

Pausanias Pausanias ( el, Παυσανίας) may refer to: * Pausanias of Athens, lover of the poet Agathon and a character in Plato's ''Symposium'' *Pausanias the Regent, Spartan general and regent of the 5th century BC * Pausanias of Sicily, physician of ...

(2nd century) the ruins of the town as well as those of Philip's tent were shown. Near the town there was a sanctuary of Demeter, where the inhabitants of

Mantineia Mantineia (also Mantinea ; el, Μαντίνεια; 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 i ...

celebrated an annual feast. Its site is associated with the modern village of

Nestani Nestani ( el, Νεστάνη, before 1927: Τσιπιανά ''Tsipiana'') is a village and a community in the municipal unit Mantineia, Arcadia, Greece. Geography It is situated at the foot of the mountain Artemisio, at about 700 m elevation ...

. In this village there is a fountain called “Philip's Fountain” (Greek: Φιλίππειος Κρήνη).

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Populated places in ancient Arcadia Former populated places in Greece {{AncientArcadia-geo-stub