Aphrodisium (Arcadia)
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Aphrodisium or Aphrodision ( grc, Ἀφροδίσιον) was a town in
ancient Arcadia Arcadia ( el, Ἀρκαδία) is a region in the central Peloponnese. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas, and in Greek mythology it was the home of the gods Hermes and Pan. In European Renaissance arts, Arcadia was celebrat ...
, in the district Maenalia. It was not far from Megalopolis, on the road to Megalopolis and
Tegea Tegea (; el, Τεγέα) was a settlement in ancient Arcadia, and it is also a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the Tripoli municipality, of which it is a municipal unit w ...
. Its site is near the modern Marmaria/Ag. Ioannis.


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Populated places in ancient Arcadia Former populated places in Greece {{AncientArcadia-geo-stub