Malea (Arcadia)

Malea (Ancient Greek: Μαλέα) was a town in the district of Aegytis in ancient Arcadia, the inhabitants of which were transferred to Megalopolis upon the foundation of the latter city (371 BCE).[1] Its territory was called the Maleatis (ἡ Μαλεᾶτις). Xenophon describes Leuctra as a fortress situated above the Maleatis. The place Midea (Μιδέα) mentioned by Xenophon[2] may be a corrupt form of Malea.

Its site is tentatively located south of the modern Voutsaras.[3][4]

References
  1. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 8.27.4.
  2. Xenophon. Hellenica. 7.1.28.
  3. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.
  4. 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). "Malea". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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