Peraetheis

Peraetheis

Peraetheis

Town in ancient Arcadia on the river Elaphus

Peraetheis or Peraitheis (Ancient Greek: Περαιθεῖς), or Peraethea or Peraithea, was a town in ancient Arcadia, in the district Maenalia on the river Elaphus.[1]

Its site is located near the modern Arachamites.[2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    Pausanias (1918). "36.5". Description of Greece. Vol. 8. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library., et seq/
  2. [2]
    Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  3. [3]
    Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

37°26′13″N 22°14′13″E


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