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 region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth land bridge whi ...
,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Argos-Mykines, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 143.206 km
2.
In 2011 its population was 103 for the village and 660 for the municipal unit. The seat of the community was
Skoteini. Alea is situated in the mountainous northwestern part of Argolis, 5 km southeast of
Kandila, 12 km northwest of
Lyrkeia, 14 km northeast of
Levidi
Levidi ( el, Λεβίδι) is a small town and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Tripoli, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of ...
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 t ...
. The
Greek National Road 66 (Levidi – Nemea) passes near Skoteini.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Alea is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
*
Agios Nikolaos (Agios Nikolaos, Exochi, Platani)
*Alea
*
Frousiouna
*
Skoteini
Population
History
Alea was an ancient city of
Arcadia, 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' sons ...
, a son of
Apheidas In Greek mythology, the name Apheidas (; Ancient Greek: Ἀφείδας or Ἀφείδαντα) may refer to:
* Apheidas, son of Arcas
*Apheidas, a Centaur who attended the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia.
*Apheidas, son of Polypemon, from Aly ...
. 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 godd ...
,
Athena Alea
Alea (Ancient Greek: ) was an epithet of the Greek goddess Athena, prominent in Arcadian mythology, under which she was worshiped at Alea, Mantineia and Tegea. Alea was initially an independent goddess, but was eventually assimilated with Ath ...
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 ''Description of Greece'' 8.23.1] Traces of ancient buildings have been found near the modern village.
See also
*
List of settlements in Argolis
This is a list of settlements in Argolis, Greece.
* Achladokampos
* Adami
* Agia Triada
* Agios Adrianos
* Agios Dimitrios
* Agios Nikolaos
* Alea
* Andritsa
* Anyfi
* Arachnaio
* Archaia Epidavros
* Argoliko
* Argos
* Aria
* Arkadiko
...
References
External links
Alea at the GTP Travel Pages
Populated places in Argolis
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