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Megalopolis, Greece

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Megalopoli (Μεγαλόπολη) is a town in the southwestern part of the regional unit of Arcadia, southern Greece. [1]

78 relations: Achaean League, Alfeios, Andania, Andritsaina, Anthochori, Arcadia, Arcadia, Arcadian League, Cercidas, Chirades, Choremis, Chranoi, Cleomenes III, Corinth, Eira, Messenia, Elephant, Falaisia, Falanthos, Fossil, Gefyra, Arcadia, Gortyn, Gortyna, Arcadia, Greece, Greek National Road 7, Greek War of Independence, Herodotus, Isaris, Isoma Karyon, Kalamata, Karatoulas, Karytaina, Kastanochori, Arcadia, Kato Karyes, Lignite, List of settlements in Arcadia, Lycortas, Lycosura, Lydiadas of Megalopolis, Lykaio, Arcadia, Lykochia, Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Mainalo, Makrysi, Mallota, Greece, Megalopoli Mine, Megalopoli Power Plant, Moreas Motorway, Mount Lykaion, Nea Ekklisoula, Neochori Lykosouras, Oichalia, Messenia, ..., Paradeisia, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Perivolia, Arcadia, Philopoemen, Plaka, Arcadia, Polybius, Provinces of Greece, Pyrgos, Elis, Rapsommati, Rhinoceros, Souli, Arcadia, Soulos, Sparta, Sparta, Peloponnese, Taygetus, Theatre of ancient Greece, Thoknia, Titan (mythology), Titanomachy, Trikolonoi, Trilofo, Arcadia, Tripoli, Greece, Tripotamo, Arcadia, Tsemperou, Valtetsi, Vangos, Vastas, Zeus. Expand index (28 more) »

Achaean League

The Achaean League (Greek: Κοινὸν τῶν Ἀχαιῶν, Koinon ton Akhaion - "League of Achaeans") was a Hellenistic-era confederation of Greek city states on the northern and central Peloponnese.

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Alfeios

Alfeiós (Αλφειός, also romanized as Alpheus, Alpheios) is the longest river in the Peloponnese, in Greece.

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Andania

Andania (Ανδανία) is a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece.

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Andritsaina

Andritsaina (Ανδρίτσαινα) is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece.

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Anthochori, Arcadia

Anthochori (Ανθοχώρι meaning "flower village", before 1927: Καρούμπαλι - Karoumpali) was a settlement in Arcadia, Greece.

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Arcadia

Arcadia (Αρκαδία, Arkadía) is one of the regional units of Greece.

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Arcadian League

The Arcadian League was a federal league of city-states in ancient Greece.

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Cercidas

Cercidas (Κερκιδᾶς Kerkidas; fl. 3rd century BCE) was a poet, Cynic philosopher, and legislator for his native city Megalopolis.

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Chirades

Chirades (Χιράδες, locally known as Kyrades) is a mountain village in southwestern Arcadia, Greece.

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Choremis

Choremis (Χωρέμης) is a village and a community of the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece.

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Chranoi

Chranoi (Χράνοι -) is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli, southwest Arcadia, Greece.

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Cleomenes III

Cleomenes III was one of the two kings of Sparta from 235 to 222 BC.

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Corinth

Corinth (Κόρινθος, Kórinthos) is an ancient city and former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece.

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Eira, Messenia

Eira (Είρα) is a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece.

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Elephant

Elephants are large mammals of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea.

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Falaisia

Falaisia (Φαλαισία, before 1918: Μπούρα - Boura) is a village and a former municipality in southwestern Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.

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Falanthos

Falanthos (Φάλανθος) is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin fossilis; literally, "obtained by digging") is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Gefyra, Arcadia

Gefyra (Γέφυρα meaning "bridge") is a settlement in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece.

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Gortyn

Gortyn, Gortys or Gortyna (Γόρτυν, Γόρτυς, or Γόρτυνα) is a municipality and an archaeological site on the Mediterranean island of Crete, 45 km away from the modern capital Heraklion.

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Gortyna, Arcadia

Gortyna (Γόρτυνα), is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.

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Greece

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Greek National Road 7

Greek National Road 7 (Εθνική Οδός 7, abbreviated as EO7) is a single carriageway with at-grade intersections in the Peloponnese region in southern Greece.

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Greek War of Independence

The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution (Ελληνική Επανάσταση, Elliniki Epanastasi, or also referred to by Greeks in the 19th century as the Αγώνας, Agonas, "Struggle"; Ottoman: يونان عصياني Yunan İsyanı, "Greek Uprising"), was a successful war of independence waged by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1830.

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Herodotus

Herodotus (Ἡρόδοτος, Hêródotos) was a Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey) and lived in the fifth century BC (484– 425 BC), a contemporary of Thucydides, Socrates, and Euripides.

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Isaris

Isaris (Ίσαρης) is a village and a community in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece.

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Isoma Karyon

Isoma Karyon (Ίσωμα Καρυών) is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece.

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Kalamata

Kalamata (Καλαμάτα Kalamáta) is the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula, after Patras, in southern Greece and the largest city of the homonymous administrative region.

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Karatoulas

Karatoulas (Καράτουλας) is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece.

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Karytaina

Karytaina or Karitaina (Καρύταινα or Καρίταινα) is a village and a community in Arcadia, Greece.

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Kastanochori, Arcadia

Kastanochori (Καστανοχώρι meaning "chestnut village", before 1928: Κραμποβός - Krampovos) is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece.

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Kato Karyes

Kato Karyes (Κάτω Καρυές, before 1976: Καλύβια Καρυών - Kalyvia Karyon) is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece.

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Lignite

Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible, sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat.

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List of settlements in Arcadia

This is a list of settlements in Arcadia, Greece.

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Lycortas

Lycortas of Megalopolis (Λυκόρτας Lykórtas), son of Thearidas, was a politician of the Achaean League active in the first half of the 2nd century BC.

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Lycosura

Lycosura (Lykosoura also Lycosoura) was a city of Arcadia said by Pausanias to be the oldest city in the world, although there is no evidence for its existence before the fourth century BCE.

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Lydiadas of Megalopolis

Lydiadas of Megalopolis was an ancient Greek tyrant of his city Megalopolis in Arcadia.

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Lykaio, Arcadia

Lykaio (Λύκαιο) is a village in Arcadia, Greece, part of the municipality of Megalopoli.

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Lykochia

Lykochia (Λυκόχια) is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece.

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Macedonia (ancient kingdom)

Macedonia or Macedon (Μακεδονία, Makedonía) was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece.

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Mainalo

Mainalo (Modern Greek: Μαίναλο, Ancient Greek: Μαίναλος or Μαίναλον - Mainalos or Mainalon; Latin: Mænalus), also known as Menalon,, is a mountain range in Arcadia, Greece, the tallest of which is called by the same name, all named after the mythological Maenalus, son of Lycaon.

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Makrysi

Makrysi (Greek: Μακρύσι, before 1927: Σιάλεσι - Sialesi) is a village and a community in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece.

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Mallota, Greece

Mallota (Μαλλωτά) is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece.

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Megalopoli Mine

The Megalopoli Mine is a large lignite and coal open-pit mine owned by the Public Power Corporation of Greece that began in the early-1970s after the completion of the Megalopoli Power Plant.

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Megalopoli Power Plant

The Megalopoli Power Plant is a power plant in Arcadia in the central Peloponnese that produces electricity for southern Greece and the islands.

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Moreas Motorway

The Moreas Motorway (Αυτοκινητόδρομος Μωρέας, designated: A7) is a motorway in Peloponnese, Greece.

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Mount Lykaion

Mount Lykaion (Λύκαιον ὄρος, Lýkaion Óros; Mons Lycaeus) is a mountain in Arcadia, Greece.

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Nea Ekklisoula

Nea Ekklisoula (Νέα Εκκλησούλα meaning "new church") is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece.

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Neochori Lykosouras

Neochori Lykosouras (Νεοχώρι Λυκοσούρας) is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece.

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Oichalia, Messenia

Oichalia (Οιχαλία) is a village and a municipality in Messenia, Greece.

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Paradeisia, Arcadia

Paradeisia (Παραδείσια, before 1924: Κούρταγα - Kourtaga) is a village and a community in Arcadia, Greece, and a part of the municipality of Megalopoli.

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Peloponnese

The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus (Πελοπόννησος, Peloponnisos) is a peninsula and geographic region in southern Greece.

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Perivolia, Arcadia

Perivolia (Περιβόλια, before 1926: Ρουσβάναγα - Rousvanaga) is a village and a community in the southwestern part of Arcadia, Greece.

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Philopoemen

Philopoemen (Φιλοποίμην, Philopoimen; 253 BC, Megalopolis – 183 BC, Messene) was a skilled Greek general and statesman, who was Achaean strategos on eight occasions.

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Plaka, Arcadia

Plaka (Πλάκα) is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece.

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Polybius

Polybius (Πολύβιος, Polýbios; – BC) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period noted for his work which covered the period of 264–146 BC in detail.

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Provinces of Greece

The provinces of Greece (επαρχία, "eparchy") were sub-divisions of some the country's prefectures.

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Pyrgos, Elis

Pyrgos (Πύργος, meaning "tower") is the capital of the Elis regional unit in Greece.

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Rapsommati

Rapsommati (Ραψομμάτη, also Ραψομμάτης - Rapsommatis) is a village within the municipality of Megalopoli in the western part of Arcadia, Greece.

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Rhinoceros

A rhinoceros, commonly abbreviated to rhino, is one of any five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae, as well as any of the numerous extinct species.

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Souli, Arcadia

Souli (Σούλι) is a village and a community in the municipality of Megalopoli in southwestern Arcadia, Greece.

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Soulos

Soulos (Greek: Σούλος) is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece.

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Sparta

Sparta (Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, Spártā; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, Spártē) was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece.

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Sparta, Peloponnese

Sparta (Σπάρτη, Spártē) is a town and municipality in Laconia, Greece.

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Taygetus

The Taygetus, Taugetus, Taygetos or Taÿgetus (Taygetos) is a mountain range in the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece.

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Theatre of ancient Greece

The ancient Greek drama was a theatrical culture that flourished in ancient Greece from c. 700 BC.

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Thoknia

Thoknia (Θωκνία) is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece.

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Titan (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the Titans (Greek: Τιτάν, Titán, Τiτᾶνες, Titânes) and Titanesses (or Titanides; Greek: Τιτανίς, Titanís, Τιτανίδες, Titanídes) were members of the second generation of divine beings, descending from the primordial deities and preceding the Olympians.

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Titanomachy

In Greek mythology, the Titanomachy (Τιτανομαχία Titanomakhia, "Titan battle") was a ten-year series of battles fought in Thessaly, consisting of most of the Titans (an older generation of gods, based on Mount Othrys) fighting against the Olympians (the younger generations, who would come to reign on Mount Olympus) and their allies.

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Trikolonoi

Trikolonoi (Τρικόλωνοι) is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.

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Trilofo, Arcadia

Trilofo (Τρίλοφο meaning "three hills") is a village and a community in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece.

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Tripoli, Greece

Tripoli (Τρίπολη, Trípoli, formerly Τρίπολις, Trípolis; earlier Τριπολιτσά Tripolitsá) is a city in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece.

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Tripotamo, Arcadia

Tripotamo (Τριπόταμο meaning "three rivers", before 1927: Δεδέρμπεη - Dedermpei) is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli in the southwestern part of Arcadia, Greece.

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Tsemperou

The Tsemperou (Τσεμπερού) is a mountain located in southern Arcadia, central Peloponnese, Greece.

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Valtetsi

Valtetsi (Βαλτέτσι) is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.

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Vangos

Vangos (Βάγγος) is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece.

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Vastas

Vastas (Βάστας, also Βάστα Vasta) is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece.

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Zeus

Zeus (Ζεύς, Zeús) is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods of Mount Olympus.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopolis,_Greece

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