Maenalus

Maenalus or Mainalos (Ancient Greek: Μαίναλος) was a town of ancient Arcadia, and the capital of the district (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]

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

People[]

Nicodamus (sculptor)

References[]

^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. 5.64.
^ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 3.11.7. , 6.7.9, 8.9.4.
^ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 8.3.4. , 8.36.8
^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
^ 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.

Coordinates: 37°32′58″N 22°15′57″E / 37.5495°N 22.2659°E / 37.5495; 22.2659

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[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.

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