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163:Site notes
158:Settlement
130:22°18′55″E
127:37°43′29″N
88:Orchomenos
28:Orchomenus
1361:Agriakona
1324:Pallantio
1267:Manthyrea
1258:Kerasitsa
1225:Vourvoura
1216:Pigadakia
1195:Skiritida
1163:Artemisio
1156:Mantineia
1146:Vlacherna
1142:Panagitsa
1102:Chotoussa
1016:Falanthos
861:; Leake,
721:, ix. 28.
719:Histories
706:Histories
596:The Iliad
480:Monuments
440:Aetolians
432:Cassander
414:Athenians
333:πολύμηλος
309:Pausanias
288:Oligyrtus
247:Mantineia
209:Ὀρχομενός
34:Ὀρχομενός
1416:Valtetsi
1389:Kaltezes
1377:Athinaio
1365:Ampelaki
1353:Valtetsi
1332:Perthori
1285:Stringos
1255:Kandalos
1246:Episkopi
1212:Kollines
1185:Simiades
1179:Pikernis
1116:Kardaras
1077:Partheni
1074:Neochori
1059:Korythio
824:Strabo.
734:, v. 61.
690:Plutarch
675:Polybius
509:Poseidon
460:Philip V
284:Anchisia
93:Location
1411:Paparis
1398:Manaris
1386:Dorizas
1342:Tripoli
1328:Pelagos
1315:Evandro
1302:Tripoli
1270:Mavriki
1264:Magoula
1208:Kerasia
1175:Nestani
1111:Kandila
1046:Silimna
1034:Mainalo
1007:Tripoli
927::
913:Sources
643:Schol.
593:Homer.
525:Τενεῖαι
520:Teneiae
505:Artemis
425:Theisoa
410:Plataea
400:In the
326:History
292:Pheneus
254:Kalpaki
214:Arcadia
184:Website
112:Arcadia
48:theatre
1338:Thanas
1289:Tzivas
1281:Stadio
1252:Kamari
1171:Loukas
1167:Kapsas
1124:Levidi
1095:Levidi
1043:Roeino
660:i. 94.
608:Ovid.
544:Levidi
516:tumuli
466:Strabo
383:Sparta
366:Elatus
358:Lycaon
347:ἀφνεός
344:, and
304:Ithome
218:Greece
108:Region
102:Greece
1382:Dafni
1335:Skopi
1318:Makri
1292:Vouno
1277:Rizes
1249:Garea
1236:Tegea
1182:Sanga
1128:Limni
1080:Steno
1039:Piana
863:Morea
804:Arat.
758:Hell.
756:Xen.
695:, 32.
679:l. c.
362:Arcas
338:ferax
313:Karst
270:Karst
243:Tegea
204:Greek
1372:Asea
1243:Alea
1120:Komi
1106:Dara
879:seq.
867:seq.
859:seq.
647:415.
507:and
434:and
342:Ovid
294:and
260:Site
245:and
155:Type
46:The
534:At
350:by
340:by
256:).
198:or
179:Yes
1433::
964:.
853:,
806:5.
546:.
397:.
238:.
216:,
206::
100:,
998:e
991:t
984:v
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