Lykaia_(Arcadia)

Lycaea

Lycaea

Town in the northwest of ancient Arcadia

Lycaea or Lykaia (Ancient Greek: Λύκαια), also known as Lycoa or Lykoa (Λυκόα), was a town in the northwest of ancient Arcadia not far from the river Alpheius, near its junction with the Lusius or Gortynius, at the foot of Mount Lycaeus.[1] Pausanias writes of the Lycaeatae (Λυκαιᾶται) as a people in the district of Cynuria,[2] and Stephanus of Byzantium mentions the town.[3]

Its site is unlocated.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 16.17.
  2. [2]
    Pausanias (1918). "27.4". Description of Greece. Vol. 8. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  3. [3]
    Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  4. [4]
    Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Lycoa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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