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Arcadia (Greek: Ἀρκαδία, romanized: Arkadía) 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 .
Megalopoli Leonidio Karytaina Dimitsana Ancient site of Orchomenus (Arcadia) and the Karst basin, in Pausanias' time (AD 110 – ca. 180) with a lake. The regional unit Arcadia is subdivided into five municipalities. (Numbered as on map in infobox): [8] Gortynia (3) Megalopoli (5) North Kynouria (Voreia Kynouria, 2) South Kynouria (Notia ...
Arcadia (region), a region in the central Peloponnese; Arcadia (regional unit), a modern administrative unit covering the region; Arcadia (constituency), an electoral district covering the region; Kyparissia in Messenia, a town known in the Middle Ages as Arcadia Barony of Arcadia, a medieval Frankish fiefdom of the Principality of Achaea
Ancient Argolis, sometimes called 'the Argolid' and taking its name from the city of Argos, occupied the eastern part of the Peloponnesus, primarily the Argolid peninsula, together with the coastal region to the east of Arcadia, and north of Laconia.
Achaea (/ ə ˈ k iː ə /) or Achaia (/ ə ˈ k aɪ ə /; Greek: Ἀχαΐα, Akhaḯa, Ancient Greek:) is the northernmost region of the Peloponnese, occupying the coastal strip north of Arcadia. Its approximate boundaries are: to the south, Mount Erymanthus; to the south-east, Mount Cyllene; to the east, Sicyon; and to the west, the Larissos ...
Tripolis (Greek: Τρίπολις; meaning "three cities") was a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece consisting of the three cities of Calliae (Calliæ), Dipoena (Dipœna), and Nonacris. External links
Ancient theater of Mantineia. Some decades later, probably few years before 166 AD, [12] Pausanias visited the area and described the ruins and remains of the city at the time in his 8th book. [13] Modern-day Mantineia is the region around the city of Tripoli in Arcadia, and was named after the namesake city of
According to ancient Greek mythology, Kore (Ancient Greek: κόρη), whose name translates to "Maiden", was the first born daughter of Demeter. Following the abduction of Kore by the Underworld God, Hades, Demeter went in desperate search for her lost daughter, who would later come to be known as Persephone (Ancient Greek: Περσεφονη). [5]