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THOKNIA (Ancient city) MEGALOPOLI
Thoknia, Thokneia: Eth. Thokneus. A town of Arcadia in the district
Parrhasia, situated upon a height on the river Aminius, which flows into the Helisson,
a tributary of the Alpheius. The town was said to have been founded by Thocnus,
the son of Lycaon, and was deserted in the time of Pausanias, as its inhabitants
had been removed to Megalopolis. It is placed by Leake in the position of Vromosela.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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