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Aphrodisium (Arcadia)

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Aphrodisium or Aphrodision (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίσιον) was a town in ancient Arcadia, in the district Maenalia. It was not far from Megalopolis, on the road to Megalopolis and Tegea.[1]

Its site is near the modern Marmaria/Ag. Ioannis.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Pausanias (1918). "44.2". 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Aphrodisium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

37°23′15″N 22°13′06″E / 37.387375°N 22.218216°E / 37.387375; 22.218216


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