Manthyrea

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Manthyrea (Ancient Greek: Μανθυρέα) was a village in ancient Arcadia, in the territory of Tegea.[1][2] An image of the goddess Athena that Pausanias describes seeing at Tegea came from Manthyrea.[3]

Its site is unlocated.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 8.45.1.
  2. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
  3. ^ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 8.47.1.
  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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