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ID: 5004290
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/5004290
Record Type:
administrative
Lykosoura (deserted settlement)
Coordinates:
Lat: 37 23 23 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 37.3890
decimal degrees
Long: 022 01 52 E
degrees minutes
Long: 22.0310
decimal degrees
Note:
Ruined city located 7 km W of Megalopolis; Pausanias in 2nd cen. CE referred to sanctuary of very ancient Chthonic diety, Despoina; city walls date to 5th cen. BCE.
Names:
Lykosoura
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Lykosura
(
C
,
V
)
Λυκόσουρα
(
C
,
V
,
Greek
,
U
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
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Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Ellás
(nation) (
P
)
............
Pelopónnisos
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Arkadhía
(regional division) (
P
)
....................
Lykosoura
(deserted settlement) (
P
)
Place Types:
deserted settlement (
preferred
,
C
)
............
was fortified by at least 5th cen. BCE
archaeological site (
C
)
............
excavations were begun in 1889
inhabited place (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Λυκόσουρα..........
[
VP
]
....................
Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Lykosoura..........
[
GRLPSC
,
VP Preferred
]
....................
Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
537
Lykosura..........
[
VP
]
.................
Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Subject:
.....
[
GRLPSC
,
VP
]
..................
Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
537
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
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