Manthyrea

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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