Lycoa

For the other town of ancient Arcadia also with this name near the Alpheius river, see Lycaea.

Lycoa or Lykoa (Ancient Greek: Λυκόα), was a town in ancient Arcadia in the district Maenalia, at the foot of Mount Maenalus, with a temple of Artemis Lycoatis. It was in ruins in the time of Pausanias (2nd century).^[1][2]

Its site is tentatively located south of the modern Davia.^[3][4]

References

1. Pausanias (1918). "3.4". Description of Greece. Vol. 8. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library., 8.36.7
2. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
3. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
4. 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). "Lycoa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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