Maenalus (Arcadia)

Maenalus or Mainalos (Ancient Greek: Μαίναλος) was a town of ancient Arcadia, and the capital of the district Maenalia (Μαιναλία),[1][2] which formed part of the territory of Megalopolis upon the foundation of the latter city. 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.[3][4]

For the mountain, see Mainalo.
For greek myth figure, see Maenalus (mythology).

According to the myth it was founded by Maenalus, son of Lycaon.[5]

Its site is tentatively located near the modern Davia.[6][7]

People

References
  1. Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 5.64.
  2. Pausanias (1918). "11.7". Description of Greece. Vol. 3. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library., 6.7.9, 8.9.4.
  3. Pausanias (1918). "3.4". 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., 8.36.8
  4. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  5. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Maenalus
  6. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  7. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.

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

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