ASEA (city in Mantinike and Tegeatis)
Ancient city of Arcadia, Greece
- Kind of place
- City
- Region
- Mantinike and Tegeatis
- Where
- 37.40° N, 22.26° E
The river Alpheius resurfaces from underground at this location. Pausanias 8.54.2 Waters are swallowed with a low roaring sound near this location in Arcadia. Strabo 6.2.9 The hill that served as its citadel still shows traces of fortifications. Pausanias 8.44.3
Described in the sources
The sources of the Eurotas and Alpheius rivers are situated five stades from the city. Pausanias 8.44.3 +1 Asea is classified as one of the cities of Maenalus. Pausanias 8.27.3 The city of Asea was named after its founder, Aseatas. Pausanias 8.3.4 A village named Asea is located within the region of Megalopolitis. Strabo 8.3.12 The ruins of the city are located about twenty stades from Athenaeum. Pausanias 8.44.3 Asea was an Arcadian city that its inhabitants abandoned due to hatred of the Lacedaemonians. Pausanias 8.27.3 A mountain ascent leading to Mount Boreius, where traces of a sanctuary are found on the summit, begins from the location of Asea. Pausanias 8.44.4
Stories and history
The ingulfed waters later emerge to form the Eurotas and Alpheus rivers. Strabo 6.2.9 A fable claims crowns cast into the stream appear in separate rivers after a charm. Strabo 6.2.9