Zoetia

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Zoetia or Zoitia (Ancient Greek: Ζοιτία), or Zoetea or Zoitea (Ζοιτέα), also known as Zoeteium or Zoiteion (Ζοίτειον), was a town of ancient Arcadia, Greece, in the region of . According to Greek mythology, the settlement was founded by Paroreus, the youngest son of Tricolonus, a relative of Lycaon. He also settled Paroria which was 10 stadia (1.8 km) from Zoetia. When Pausanias visited the city in the 2nd century, it was already abandoned. There remained a temple of Demeter and Artemis then.[1]

Its site is located near the modern Zoni.[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 8.35.6. -7
  2. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  3. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.

Coordinates: 37°27′40″N 22°07′12″E / 37.461°N 22.12°E / 37.461; 22.12


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