Maenalus

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.

Its site is tentatively located near the modern Davia.[5][6]

People

References
  1. Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. 5.64.
  2. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 3.11.7. , 6.7.9, 8.9.4.
  3. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 8.3.4. , 8.36.8
  4. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
  5. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  6. 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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