Maera or Maira ( grc, Μαῖρα) was a town in
ancient Arcadia.There was a tradition that indicated that there was the tomb of
Meara, daughter or descendant of
Atlas, according to
Greek mythology, though a different tradition said that Maera, the daughter of Atlas, had been buried in
Tegea.
places Maera on one of the roads between
Mantineia and
Orchomenus, and indicates that its ruins were thirty
stadia
Stadia may refer to:
* One of the plurals of stadium, along with "stadiums"
* The plural of stadion, an ancient Greek unit of distance, which equals to 600 Greek feet (''podes'').
* Stadia (Caria), a town of ancient Caria, now in Turkey
* Stadi ...
from the ruins of
Ptolis, which was the original site where Mantineia had been built.
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References
Populated places in ancient Arcadia
Former populated places in Greece
Lost ancient cities and towns
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