Lycaea

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[]

^ Polybius. The Histories. 16.17.
^ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 8.27.4.
^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
^ 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). "Lycoa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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[1] Polybius. The Histories. 16.17.

[2] Pausanias. Description of Greece. 8.27.4.

[3] Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.

[4] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.

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