Thocnia or Thoknia ( grc, Θωκνία), or Thocneia or Thokneia (Θώκνεια), was a town of
ancient Arcadia in the district
Parrhasia
In rhetoric, parrhesia is a figure of speech described as "speak ngcandidly or ... ask ngforgiveness for so speaking". This Ancient Greek word has three different forms, as related by Michel Foucault. ''Parrhesia'' is a noun, meaning "free speec ...
, situated upon a height on the river
Aminius, which flows into the Helisson (the present
Elissonas), a tributary of the
Alpheius. The town was said to have been founded by
Thocnus, a son of
Lycaon, and was deserted in the time of
Pausanias (2nd century), as its inhabitants had been removed to
Megalopolis.
Its site is located near modern
Thoknia, formerly called Bromosellas,
and renamed to reflect the association with the ancient town.
References
Populated places in ancient Arcadia
Former populated places in Greece
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