Alea ( el, Αλέα, before 1928: Μπουγιάτι – ''Bougiati'') is a village and a former community in

Argolis Argolis or Argolida ( el, Αργολίδα , ; , in ancient Greek and Katharevousa) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Peloponnese, situated in the eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula and part of the tri ...

Peloponnese The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic regions of Greece, geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmu ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Argos-Mykines Argos-Mykines ( el, Άργος-Μυκήνες) is a municipality in the Argolis regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the city of Argos. The municipality has an area of 1002.508 km2. The mayor is Dimitris Kamposos, w ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 143.206 km². In 2011 its population was 103 for the village and 660 for the municipal unit. The seat of the community was

Skoteini Skoteini ( el, Σκοτεινή) is a small village 57 kilometres northwest of the town of Argos in the Peloponnese, southern Greece. It has an area of 44 km2 and sits at an altitude of 690 meters above sea level. Its name derives from the Gr ...

. Alea is situated in the mountainous northwestern part of Argolis, 5 km southeast of Kandila, 12 km northwest of

Lyrkeia Lyrkeia ( el, Λυρκεία) is a village and a former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argos-Mykines Argos-Mykines ( el, Άργος-Μυκήνες) is a municipa ...

, 14 km northeast of Levidi and 27 km north of

Tripoli Tripoli or Tripolis may refer to: Cities and other geographic units Greece *Tripoli, Greece, the capital of Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in ...

. The Greek National Road 66 (Levidi – Nemea) passes near Skoteini. Alea Argolidas

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Alea is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Agios Nikolaos (Agios Nikolaos, Exochi, Platani) *Alea * Frousiouna *

Population

History

Alea was an ancient city of

Arcadia Arcadia may refer to: Places Australia * Arcadia, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney * Arcadia, Queensland * Arcadia, Victoria Greece * Arcadia (region), a region in the central Peloponnese * Arcadia (regional unit), a modern administrative un ...

, founded by the mythical king

Aleus In Greek mythology, Aleus (or Aleos) ( grc, Ἀλεός) was the king of Arcadia, eponym of Alea, and founder of the cult of Athena Alea. He was the grandson of Arcas. His daughter Auge was the mother of the hero Telephus, by Heracles. Aleus' s ...

, a son of Apheidas. It was situated near Stymphalos. The city had temples of

Artemis of Ephesus The Temple of Artemis or Artemision ( gr, Ἀρτεμίσιον; tr, Artemis Tapınağı), also known as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to an ancient, local form of the goddess Artemis (identified with Diana, a Roman god ...

, Athena Alea and

Dionysus In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (; grc, Διόνυσος ) is the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity, and theatre. The Romans ...

. Every other year the Skiereia, a celebration for the god Dionysus, were celebrated.

Pausanias Pausanias ( el, Παυσανίας) may refer to: *Pausanias of Athens, lover of the poet Agathon and a character in Plato's ''Symposium'' *Pausanias the Regent, Spartan general and regent of the 5th century BC * Pausanias of Sicily, physician of t ...

''Description of Greece'' 8.23.1 Traces of ancient buildings have been found near the modern village.

References

External links

Alea at the GTP Travel Pages
Populated places in Argolis {{Peloponnese-geo-stub

Subdivisions

Population

History

See also

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