Εμφανίζονται 5 τίτλοι με αναζήτηση: Πληροφορίες για τον τόπο στην ευρύτερη περιοχή: "ΑΣΕΑ Αρχαία πόλη ΒΑΛΤΕΤΣΙ" .
ΑΣΕΑ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΒΑΛΤΕΤΣΙ
he Asea: Aseates, a town of Arcadia in the district Maenalia, situated
near the frontier of Laconia, on the road from Megalopolis to Pallantium and Tegea.
Asea took part in the foundation of Megalopolis, to which city most of its inhabitants
removed (Paus. viii. 27. § 3, where for Iasaia we ought to read Asaia or Asea);
but Asea continued to exist as an independent state, since the Aseatae are mentioned,
along with the Megalopolitae, Tegeatae, and Pallantieis, as joining Epaminondas
before the battle of Mantineia, B.C. 362. (Xen. Hell. vi. 5. 5) At a later time,
however, Asea belonged to Megalopolis, as we see from the descriptions of Strabo
and Pausanias. The city was in ruins in the time of Pausanias, who mentions its
acropolis. In its territory, and at the distance of 5 stadia from the the city,
on the road to Pallantium, were the sources of the Alpheius, and near them those
of the Eurotas. The two rivers united their streams, and, after flowing in one
channel for 20 stadia, disappeared beneath the earth; the Alpheius rising again
at Pegae, and the Eurotas at Belemina in Laconia. North of Asea, on the road to
Pallantium, and on the summit of Mt. Boreium (Kravari), was a temple of Athena
Soteira and Poseidon, said to have been founded by Odysseus on his return from
Troy, and of which the ruins were discovered by Leake and Ross. The remains of
Asea are to be seen on the height which rises above the copious spring of water
called Frangovrysi, Frank-spring, the sources of the Alpheius. (Strab. pp. 275,
343; Paus. viii. 3. § 4, viii. 44. § 3, viii. 54. § 2; Steph. B. s. v.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited May 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
The site is on a steep hill overlooking a valley between Tripolis and Megalopolis. Remains of a circuit wall around the top of the hill and of two spur walls which surround a lower town at E are dated to mid 3d c. B.C. Some houses belong to the Hellenistic period. One of them is of the Priene type, previously known only outside of Greece. The Hellenistic site seems to have existed into the 1st c. B.C. Ancient sources mention an Asea also during the Classical period, but this town must have lain somewhere else in the valley. Immediately below the Hellenistic stratum on the hill are the remains of a Middle Helladic settlement, which ceased at a time corresponding to the transition between MH II and MH III.
E. J. Holmerg, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains 1 image(s), bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
Ο Παυσανίας τοποθετεί τις πηγές του Αλφειού (το σημερινό Φραγκόβρυσο) σε απόσταση 5 σταδίων από την Ασέα και τις πηγές του Ευρώτα πολύ κοντά. Τα νερά των δύο πηγών ενώνονται και για 20 στάδια έχουν κοινό ρεύμα. Μετά πέφτουν σε καταβόθρα και ο μεν Ευρώτας βγαίνει στη χώρα των Λακεδαιμονίων, ενώ ο Αλφειός στις Πηγές της Μεγαλόπολης (Παυσ. 8,44,3).
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