Kotylio (, also Κωτίλιο - ''Kotilio'') is a village and a community in the municipal unit

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, southwest Arcadia,

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. It is situated on the northeastern slope of Mount

Lykaion Mount Lykaion (, ''Lýkaion Óros''; ) is a mountain in Arcadia, Greece. Lykaion has two peaks: ''Stefani'' to the north and St. Ilias (, ''Agios Īlías'') to the south where the altar of Zeus is located.Cook, A.B. ''Zeus'', 81. 1914. The nort ...

on a height of ca. 900 m, 3 km from the border with

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. It is 4 km west of

Karytaina Karytaina or Karitaina () is a village and a community in Arcadia, Greece. Karytaina is situated on a hill on the right bank of the river Alpheios, near its confluence with the Lousios. The village dates back to the Middle Ages, but its history ...

, 6 km southeast of Theisoa, 8 km east of

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and 15 km northwest of

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. The community includes the small villages Palatos and Strongylo.

History

In the immediate surroundings, five archaeological findspots have been found that might originally have been ancient watchtowers but that were changed and reused after antiquity.Mattern, Torsten; Goester, Yvonne C. (2023). ''Thisoa am Lykaion. Ergebnisse der Forschungen'' hisoa on the Lykaion. Results of the investigation Wiesbaden: Reichert, , p. 110. Before 1927, Kotylio was known as Dragoumano (Δραγουμάνο, cf.

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).Name changes of settlements in Greece
/ref> During the first battles of the

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in March 1821, the inhabitants of the village provided the information on the movements of Ottoman troops. This allowed

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to ambush them on 27 March in the straits of Agiothanasis, near Kourounios, in what is considered the first pitched battle between Greeks and Turks during the War of Independence. On top of Mount Lykaion, every four years, the locals organize athletic and musical games in imitation of the ancient custom.

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Κοτύλιον Αρκαδίας

{{Gortyna Gortyna, Arcadia Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese

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