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Amilus

Amilus or Amilos was a settlement in ancient Arcadia. It was situated in the territory of Orchomenus, on the road from Orchomenus to Stymphalus. A road to Pheneus branched off here. The springs of Teneiae were about 1 km from Amilus. The location of the ancient settlement is unknown.

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Amilus or Amilos (Greek: Άμιλος) was a settlement in ancient Arcadia. It was situated in the territory of Orchomenus, on the road from Orchomenus to Stymphalus.1 A road to Pheneus branched off here. The springs of Teneiae were about 1 km from Amilus.2 The location of the ancient settlement is unknown.3

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  1.  Smith, William, ed. (1854). "Amilus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 1. London: John Murray. p. 122.
  2. Pausanias (1918). "13.5". 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.
  3. Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.