Paos (, before 1927: Σκούπι - ''Skoupi'') is a village and a community in

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek language, Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaḯa'', ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwest ...

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. It is part of the municipal unit of Paia. The community includes the small villages Dechounaiika, Palaios Paos, Potamia and Vesini. It is 25 km southwest of

Kalavryta Kalavryta () is a town and a municipality in the mountainous east-central part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, south of Aigio, southeast of Patras and northwest of Tripoli, G ...

, and 50 km northwest of

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 ...

. The

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 ...

(

Patras Patras (; ; Katharevousa and ; ) is Greece's List of cities in Greece, third-largest city and the regional capital and largest city of Western Greece, in the northern Peloponnese, west of Athens. The city is built at the foot of Mount Panachaiko ...

- Tripoli) passes through the village. Its central road is named "111".

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The location of the ancient city Paos has been found near the modern village, of which the remainder remains to be excavated. Ancient artifacts and remains of the walls have been found. It had a perimeter of 516 m, and had an almost triangular shape with its point facing west with its

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 ...

in the middle and some ancient buildings to the south, its springs used to be to the northeast with an aqueduct north of the old city. It was said that Euphorion from Paos gave lodging to the

Dioscuri Castor and Pollux (or Polydeuces) are twin half-brothers in Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri or Dioskouroi. Their mother was Leda (mythology), Leda, but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal ...

, and ever since kept open house for all men. Paos in later years annexed with the neighboring

Kleitor Kleitor or Cleitor (Greek: Κλείτωρ) 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 ...

. Pausanias wrote that Paos was a ruined settlement near the city of

Seirai Seirae or Seirai (), was a town in ancient Arcadia, located 30 stadia from Psophis, on the road from Cleitor Cleitor or Kleitor ( or Κλήτωρ), also known as Clitorium, was a town in ancient Arcadia. Situation It possessed a small territory c ...

. Pausanias ''Description of Greece'' 8.23.9.

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File:Paos Achaias, the new village 1.png, View of the square of the new village of Paos, Achaia. File:Paos Achaias, the new village 2.png, View of "National Road 33" in Greece (Patras, Achaia to Levidi, Arcadia) passing through the new village of Paos, Achaia. File:Skoupi Achaias.jpg, View of the ruins of Paos, abandoned village (ex name: Skoupi), in Achaia. File:Paos River.jpg, Paos river on the left. File:Georgios A Papandreou, historian.png, Bust of George A. Panandreou, located in the square of the new village of Paos, Achaia.

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{{Kalavryta div Populated places in Achaea Kalavryta Archaeological sites in the Peloponnese (region)

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