Bathos (Arcadia)

Bathos (Ancient Greek: Βάθος) was a town of ancient Arcadia in the district Parrhasia, between Trapezus and Basilis. Near to a neighbouring fountain called Olympias, fire was seen to issue from the ground.[1]

Its site is located between the modern Mavria and Kyparissia.[2][3]

References
  1. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 8.29.1.
  2. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.
  3. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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


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