Maratha (Arcadia)

Maratha (Ancient Greek: Μάραθα) was an ancient village in the Greek region of Arcadia on the Peloponnese, situated in the district Cynuria.

The ancient author Pausanias mentions it as a "place" (χωρίον) situated between the sources of the Buphagus and the city Gortys.[1] It has been identified with the modern village of Vlachorraptis, which has been disputed,[2] but is now widely accepted.[3][4]

Northeast of Vlachorraptis lies a small fortification on the peak of a mountain near the church of Agios Nikolaos.[5] These remains have been dated to the late 4th or early 3rd century BC.[6] The relevance of the place probably resulted from its location near the borders between the spheres of influence of Megalopolis and Heraea.[7]

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1. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 8.28.1 (English translation).
2. ^ Bölte, Felix (1930). "Maratha". In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Vol. 28, col. 1425.
3. ^ Mattern, Torsten; Goester, Yvonne C. (2023). Thisoa am Lykaion. Ergebnisse der Forschungen [Thisoa on the Lykaion. Results of the investigation]. Wiesbaden: Reichert, ISBN 978-3-95490-538-6, p. 112.
4. ^ Δήμος Γόρτυνος: Δημοτικά Διαμερίσματα (in Greek). Municipality of Gortyna. 2003. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
5. ^ Martin, Roland (1944). "Sur deux enceintes d'Arcadie" [On two Arcadian enclosures]. In: Revue Archéologique, vol. 21, pp. 97-114, esp. pp. 97-107.
6. ^ Charneux, Pierre; Ginouvès, René (1956). "Reconnaissances en Arcadie. Fortifications de Paliokastro, Saint-Nicolas et Hellenico" [Explorations in Arcadia. Fortifications of Paliokastro, Saint-Nicolas and Hellenico]. In: Bulletin de Correspondence Hellénique. Vol. 80, pp. 522-546, esp. pp. 538-542.
7. ^ Mattern, Torsten; Goester, Yvonne C. (2023). Thisoa am Lykaion. Ergebnisse der Forschungen [Thisoa on the Lykaion. Results of the investigation]. Wiesbaden: Reichert, ISBN 978-3-95490-538-6, p. 113.

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