Lycaea or Lykaia (Ancient Greek: Λύκαια), also known as Lycoa or Lykoa (Λυκόα), was an ancient town in the northwest of ancient Arcadia not far from the river Alpheius, near its junction with the Lusius or Gortynius, at the foot of Mount Lycaeus,1 the sanctuary where the Lykaia ganes were held.
Pausanias writes of the Lycaeatae (Λυκαιᾶται) as a people in the district of Cynuria,2 and Stephanus of Byzantium mentions the town.3
Its site is unlocated.4
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References
- Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 16.17.
- Pausanias (1918). "27.4". 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.
- Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- 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.
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.