Akontion (Arcadian settlement)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Oct 28, 2025 05:23 PM
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History
An ancient settlement of Arcadia in Parrasia, near Lykosoura. It is mentioned by both Pausanias and Stephanus, but its precise location cannot be determined today.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/573066
- Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (30 BC - AD 300)
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- Ἀκόντιον (Akontion: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 Akontion
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Arcadia: city in Parrasia, near Lykosoura
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Akontion (Arcadian settlement): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/573066> [accessed: 06 December 2025]
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