Athenaeum or Athenaion (Ancient Greek: Ἀθηναῖον), was a town in the south of ancient Arcadia, and in the territory of Megalopolis. Pausanias writes that it was on the road from Megalopolis to Asea, and 20 stadia from the latter.[1]
Its site is near the modern Athenaion/Alika.[2][3]
References
Pausanias. Description of Greece. 8.44.2. -3
Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.
Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Athenaeum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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