Dipaea or Dipaia (Ancient Greek: Δίπαια) was a town of ancient Arcadia in the district Maenalia, through whose territory flowed the river Helisson (present Elissonas), a tributary of the Alpheius. Its inhabitants removed to Megalopolis on the foundation of the latter city (371 BCE). It is frequently mentioned on account of a battle fought in its neighbourhood between the Lacedaemonians and all the Arcadians except the Mantineians, sometime between 479 and 464 BCE.[1][2]

Its site is located west of the modern Davia, near Piana.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ 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., 8.8.6, 8.27.3, 8.30.1, 8.45.2.
  2. ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 9.35.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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). "Dipaea". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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