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Aléa (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 27 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.4500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 022 25 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 22.4167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Modern town on the site of Tegea, an important ancient city documented in Catalogue of Ships of Homer's Iliad; was long the rival of Mantinea; was allied with Sparta in Peloponnesian League from 550 BCE. Was an important religious center of ancient Greece, site of the Temple of Athena Alea. Flourished into the Hellenistic period through the 6th cen. CE. |
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| Aléa (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Nikli (H,V)
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............ | Medieval name |
| Νίκλι (H,V,Greek,U)
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| Pialí (H,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Piali (H,V)
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| Tegea (H,V,S)
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............ | ancient name |
| Tegéa (H,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Τεγέα (H,V,Greek,U)
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| Teyéa (H,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Arkadhía (regional division) (P) |
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Aléa (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| town (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| city (H) |
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| sanctuary center (H) |
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