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The inhabitants (16)

Ancient authors' reports

Azanes

AZANIA (Ancient area) ARKADIA
The Arcadian tribes "the Azanes, the Parrhasians, and other such peoples" are reputed to be the most ancient tribes of the Greeks

KAFYES (Ancient city) LEVIDI
The inhabitants say that originally they were from Attica, but on being expelled from Athens by Aegeus they fled to Arcadia, threw themselves on the mercy of Cepheus, and found a home in the country. (Paus. 8.23.2)

Mantineans

MANTINIA (Ancient city) ARCADIA
Wars of, five hundred Mantineans sent to Thermopylae, their late arrival at Plataea, allied with Eleans, Athenians, and Argives, dispersed in villages by Agesipolis, at war with Lacedaemonians, fight on Roman side at Actium, dedicate image of Apollo at Delphi and image of Victory at Olympia.

Tegeans

TEGEA (Ancient city) ARCADIA
Save the sons of Alcmaeon from the pursuing Psophidians, formerly dwelt in townships, at war with Lacedaemonians, defeat and capture Lacedaemonians, five hundred Tegeans sent to Thermopylae, offerings of Tegeans at Delphi made from Lacedaemonian booty, Tegean tribes.

Ancient tribes

Minyae

ORCHOMENOS (Ancient city) LEVIDI
Minyae (Minuai), an ancient race in Greece, said to have been descended from Minyas, the son of Orchomenus, who originally dwelt in Thessaly, and afterwards migrated into Boeotia, and founded Orchomenus. Most of the Argonautic heroes were Minyae; and some of them having settled in the island of Lemnos, continued to be called Minyae. These Lemnian Minyae were driven out of the island by the Tyrrhenian Pelasgians, and took refuge in Lacedaemon, from whence some of them migrated to Thera, and others to Triphylia in Elis, where they founded the six Triphylian cities. (Herod. iv. 145--148.)

Clareotis, Hippothoetis, Apolloniatis, Athaneatis

TEGEA (Ancient city) ARCADIA
Tegean tribes.

Customs

The Tsakonian Tradition

KYNOURIA (Province) ARCADIA

Gradual decrease of the population

Local proverbs

Misfortunes in Azania

AZANIA (Ancient area) ARKADIA
It is an ancient saying about the environment being the cause of one's poverty, since Azania was a place poor and barren.

Names of the inhabitants

Parrhasians

AKAKISSION (Ancient city) MEGALOPOLI
District of Arcadia, Parrhasians, towns of the Parrhasians.

Parrhasians

AKONTION (Ancient city) MEGALOPOLIS
District of Arcadia, Parrhasians, towns of the Parrhasians.

Arcadians

ARKADIA (Ancient area) PELOPONNISOS
Aboriginal inhabitants of Peloponnese, formerly called Pelasgians, and Azanians, an inland people, their confederacy, live on acorns, wear wolfskins and bearskins, partial to square images, their foreign wars, army collected by Herakles, robbed of their cattle by a satyr, join Herakles in his attack on Oechalia, help the Dioscuri to capture Athens, cross to Asia with Telephus, go to Troy in borrowed ships, their muster for the Trojan war, catalogue of A. in Homer, side with Messenians against Lacedaemonians, number of A. sent to Thermopylae, defeated by Lacedaemonians at Dipaea, hold Olympic games, invades Elis, tomb of A. at Olympia, adhere to Achaean League, defeated by Romans at Chaeronea, side with Antony against Augustus, Common Hearth of.

Arcadians, Arkadians, Arcadian, Arkadian, Arkades

Parrhasians

DASSES (Ancient city) MEGALOPOLI
District of Arcadia, Parrhasians, towns of the Parrhasians.

Parrhasians

MAKARIE (Ancient city) MEGALOPOLI
District of Arcadia, Parrhasians, towns of the Parrhasians.

Parrhasians

THOKNIA (Ancient city) MEGALOPOLI
District of Arcadia, Parrhasians, towns of the Parrhasians.

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