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ASSEA (Ancient city) VALTETSI
Eurotas: River of Laconia, its sources, unites with Alpheus. Alpheus: River, sources and upper course, often vanishes under ground, tributaries, dearest of rivers to Zeus, ashes of victims kneaded with its water, wild olive first grew on its banks, women forbidden to cross it on certain days, loves Arethusa, flows through Adriatic to Ortygia, loves Artemis, images, altars, Leucippus keeps hair long for, Apollo at the, diverted by Herakles into the cattleyard of Augeas.
he Asea: Aseates, a town of Arcadia in the district Maenalia, situated near the frontier of Laconia, on the road from Megalopolis to Pallantium and Tegea. Asea took part in the foundation of Megalopolis, to which city most of its inhabitants removed (Paus. viii. 27. § 3, where for Iasaia we ought to read Asaia or Asea); but Asea continued to exist as an independent state, since the Aseatae are mentioned, along with the Megalopolitae, Tegeatae, and Pallantieis, as joining Epaminondas before the battle of Mantineia, B.C. 362. (Xen. Hell. vi. 5. 5) At a later time, however, Asea belonged to Megalopolis, as we see from the descriptions of Strabo and Pausanias. The city was in ruins in the time of Pausanias, who mentions its acropolis. In its territory, and at the distance of 5 stadia from the the city, on the road to Pallantium, were the sources of the Alpheius, and near them those of the Eurotas. The two rivers united their streams, and, after flowing in one channel for 20 stadia, disappeared beneath the earth; the Alpheius rising again at Pegae, and the Eurotas at Belemina in Laconia. North of Asea, on the road to Pallantium, and on the summit of Mt. Boreium (Kravari), was a temple of Athena Soteira and Poseidon, said to have been founded by Odysseus on his return from Troy, and of which the ruins were discovered by Leake and Ross. The remains of Asea are to be seen on the height which rises above the copious spring of water called Frangovrysi, Frank-spring, the sources of the Alpheius. (Strab. pp. 275, 343; Paus. viii. 3. § 4, viii. 44. § 3, viii. 54. § 2; Steph. B. s. v.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited May 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
ATHINEON (Ancient city) VALTETSI
Athenaeum (Athenaion). A fortress in the S. of Arcadia, and in the territory of Megalopolis, is described by Plutarch as a position in advance of the Lacedaemonian frontier (embole tes Lakonikes), and near Belemina. It was fortified by Cleomenes in B.C. 224, and was frequently taken and retaken in the wars between the Achaean League and the Spartans. Leake supposes that it occupied the summit of Mount Tzimbaru, on which there are some remains of an Hellenic fortress. In that case it must have been a different place from the Athenaeum mentioned by Pausanias on the road from Megalopolis to Asea, and 20 stadia from the latter. (Plut. Cleom. 4; Pol. ii. 46, 54, iv. 37, 60, 81; Paus. viii. 44. § § 2, 3; Leake, Peloponnesiaca, p. 248.)
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
ORESTHION (Ancient city) VALTETSI
Oresthasion, Orestheion, Oresteion. A town in the south of Arcadia,
in the district of Maenalia, a little to the right of the road, leading from Megalopolis
to Pallantium and Tegea. Its inhabitants were removed to Megalopolis on the foundation
of the latter city. Its territory is called Oresthis by Thucydides (iv. 134),
and in it was situated Ladoceia, which became a suburb of Megalopolis. (Ladokeia)
Leake places Oresthasium at or near the ridge of Tzimbaru, and conjectures that
it may have occupied the site of the village of Marmara or Marmaria, a name often
attached in Greece to places where ancient wrought or sculptured stones have been
found.
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
(Oresteion) or Orestheum (Orestheion), also called Oresthasium (Oresthasion) by Pausanias. A town of Arcadia, southeast of Megalopolis, in the district of Oresthis. Its ruins, according to Pausanias, were to be seen to the right of the road leading from Megalopolis to Tegaea. Orestes died here.
ASSEA (Village) VALTETSI
Position
Situated in Arcadia, almost in the middle of Peloponese, 20 km (13
miles)from both cities of Tripoli and Megalopoli and 190 km (120 miles) from Athens,
Asea has become one of the most well positioned and attractive places in Greece.
A village with few permanent inhabitants but with great prospects because it becomes
the municipal center of the region. Asea attracts many visitors because of its
natural beauty, during the weekends and the summer, so it's a place worth visiting.
Short History
The name comes from Aseatis, son of the Spartan king Lykaon. The ancient
city of Asea, whose ruins can be seen until today, stands with its Acropolis near
Kato Asea. Its cultural presence starts since 6000 BC and becomes more intensive
during the following years. Many cultural treasures of that period can be seen
at Tripoli, Nafplio and Athens Archeological museums.The two marvellous doric
temples, of Poseidon (Neptune) and Athena (Minerva) show a prosperous city. The
habitants of Asea took place in the historical battles of Plataies (479 BC) and
Mantinia (362 BC). Coins of the city were cut at 196 BC. Asea took part in the
foundation of the city of Megalopoli.Much later, under the turkish occupation
the village had the name "Kandreva" and took back its ancient name at the 1920's.
It's the village of Nikos Gatsos, one of the most well known contemporary greek
poets.
Catering
In Asea you can stop for coffee in the following traditional cafes:
"Elvetia" and "O Barba Semis" In Kato Asea you can have lunch or dinner in "Mantinia"
restaurant, for a cup of coffee or food in "Platanos" and at "B.Gatsos" cafe.
VALTETSI (Municipality) ARCADIA
VALTETSI (Municipality) ARCADIA
ORESTHION (Ancient city) VALTETSI
ASSEA (Ancient city) VALTETSI
The site is on a steep hill overlooking a valley between Tripolis
and Megalopolis. Remains of a circuit wall around the top of the hill and of two
spur walls which surround a lower town at E are dated to mid 3d c. B.C. Some houses
belong to the Hellenistic period. One of them is of the Priene type, previously
known only outside of Greece. The Hellenistic site seems to have existed into
the 1st c. B.C. Ancient sources mention an Asea also during the Classical period,
but this town must have lain somewhere else in the valley. Immediately below the
Hellenistic stratum on the hill are the remains of a Middle Helladic settlement,
which ceased at a time corresponding to the transition between MH II and MH III.
E. J. Holmerg, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains 1 image(s), bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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