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DIPEA (Ancient city) FALANTHOS
Dipaia: Eth. Dipaieus. A town of Arcadia in the district Maenalia,
through whose territory the river Helisson flowed. Its inhabitants removed to
Megalopolis on the foundation of the latter city. It is frequently mentioned on
account of a battle fought in its neighbourhood between the Lacedaemonians and
all the Arcadians except the Mantineians, sometime between B.C. 479 and 464 (Paus.
iii. 11. § 7, viii. 8. § 6, 27. § 3, 30. §. 1, 45. § 2; Herod. ix. 35.) Leake
supposes that the ruins near Davia represent Dipaea; but since Pausanias does
not mention Dipaea in his description of Maenalia, although he notices every insignificant
place, Ross remarks that it is improbable that Pausanias should have passed over
Dipaea, if these ruins really belong to the latter, since they are still very
considerable. Ross regards them as the remains of Maenalus.
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
ELISSON (Ancient city) FALANTHOS
Helisson (Paus.); Helissous, (Diod.). a town of Arcadia in the district
Maenalia, situated on Mt. Maenalus near the territory of Mantineia. The town was
taken by the Lacedaemonians in one of their wars with the Arcadians, B.C. 352;
but most of its inhabitants had been previously removed to Megalopolis upon the
foundation of the latter city in 371. Near it rose the liver Helisson, which flowed
through Maenalia into the Alpheius. The site of Helisson is doubtful. Leake places
it at the village Alonistena, from which the river takes its modern name, and
near which it rises; but as there are no ancient remains at this village, Ross
conjectures that its site is represented by the Paleokastron near the village
Piana, lower down the mountain. (Paus. viii. 3. § 3, 27. § § 3, 7, 30. § 1; Diod.
xvi. 39.) The Elisphasii mentioned by Polybius (xi. 11. § 6) are conjectured by
some modern writers to be a corrupt form of Helissontii.
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
FALANTHOS (Ancient city) ARCADIA
Phalanthum (Phalangon: Eth. Phalangios), a town and mountain of Arcadia, in the district Orchomenia, near Methydrium. (Paus. viii. 35. § 9; Steph. B. s. v.; Leake, Peloponnesiaca, p. 240.)
LYKOA (Ancient city) FALANTHOS
Lycoa: (Lukoa: Eth. Lukoates), a town of Arcadia in the district Maenalia, at
the foot of Mt. Maenalus, with a temple of Artemis Lycoatis. It was in ruins in
the time of Pausanias, and is represented by the Paleokastron between Arachova
and Karteroli. There was another Lycoa not far from the Alpheius, near its junction
with the Lusius or Gortynius, at the foot of Mt. Lycaeus.It has been conjectured
that the proper name of the latter of these towns was Lycaea,
since Pausanias (viii. 27. § 4) speaks of the Lycaeatae (Lukaiatai) as a people
in the district of Cynuria, and Stephanus mentions a town Lycaea (Lukaia). (Leake,
Morea, vol. ii. p. 304.)
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
MENALOS (Ancient city) FALANTHOS
Mainalos: Eth. Mainalios, Mainalites, Mainaleus. A town of Arcadia,
and the capital of the district Maenalia (Mainalia), which formed part of the
territory of Megalopolis upon the foundation of the latter city. The town Maenalus
was in ruins in the time of Pausanias, who mentions a temple of Athena, a stadium,
and a hippodrome, as belonging to the place. (Paus. viii. 3. § 4, 36. § 8; Steph.
B. s. v.) Its site is uncertain. Ross supposes that the remains of polygonal walls
on the isolated hill, on the right bank of the river Helisson and opposite the
village Davia, represent Maenalus; and this appears more probable than the opinion
of Leake, who identifies this site with Dipaea, and thinks that Maenalus stood
on Mt. Apano-khrepa. (Ross, Reisen im Peloponnes vol. i., Leake, Morea, vol. ii.,
Peloponnesiaca.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
SOUMITIA (Ancient city) FALANTHOS
Soumetia, Soumateion, Soumeteia . A town of Arcadia in the district Maenalia,
on the southern slope of Mt. Maenalus. It was probably on the summit of the hill
now called Sylimna, where there are some remains of polygonal walls.
the southern slope of Mt. Maenalus.
MENALOS (Ancient city) FALANTHOS
DIPEA (Ancient city) FALANTHOS
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