Maenalus (Arcadia)

For the mountain, see Mainalo.
For greek myth figure, see Maenalus (mythology).

Maenalus or Mainalos (Ancient Greek: Μαίναλος) was a town of ancient Arcadia, and the capital of the district Maenalia (Μαιναλία),[1][2] which formed part of the territory of Megalopolis upon the foundation of the latter city. Maenalus was in ruins in the time of Pausanias, who mentions a temple of Athena, a stadium, and a hippodrome, as belonging to the place.[3][4]

According to the myth it was founded by Maenalus, son of Lycaon.[5]

Its site is tentatively located near the modern Davia.[6][7]

  1. ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 5.64.
  2. ^ Pausanias (1918). "11.7". Description of Greece. Vol. 3. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library., 6.7.9, 8.9.4.
  3. ^ Pausanias (1918). "3.4". 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., 8.36.8
  4. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  5. ^ A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Maenalus
  6. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  7. ^ 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.