Thyraeum

Thyraeum or Thyraion (Ancient Greek: Θυραῖον) was a city in ancient Arcadia, Greece, in the district Cynuria. According to Greek mythology, Thyraeum was founded by Thyraeus, a son of Lycaon.[1][2] It was already ruined in the 2nd century, when it was visited by Pausanias.[3] It was near Hypsus (present Stemnitsa), Zoetia and Paroria.

Its site is tentatively located near modern Palamari.[4][5]

References
  1. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 8.35.7.
  2. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
  3. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 8.3.3.
  4. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.
  5. 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). "Thyraeum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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