1) Arcadia, city, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001 ...Arcadia, city, United States, city (1990 pop. 48,290), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, at the foot of the San Gabriel Mts.; inc. 1903.... 2) Arcadia, region of ancient Greece. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001 ...Arcadia, region of ancient Greece, (arka´de) (KEY) , region of ancient Greece, in the middle of the Peloponnesus, without a seaboard, and surrounded and dissected... 3) Tegea. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Tegea, (te´je) (KEY) , ancient city of Greece, SE Arcadia, in the Peloponnesus. From the middle of the 6th cent. B.C. until the Spartan defeat at the battle of Leuctra... 4) Elis. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Elis, (e´lis) (KEY) , region of ancient Greece, in W Peloponnesus, W of Arcadia. It was divided into three parts-Elis proper, Pisatis, and Triphylia. A plain watered... 5) Mantinea. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Mantinea, (man´tine´) (KEY) , city of ancient Greece, in E central Arcadia (now Arkadhia). In the Peloponnesian War a coalition led by Mantinea and Argos and urged... 6) Phigalia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Phigalia, (figa´le) (KEY) , ancient city of Greece, in SW Arcadia (now Arkadhia). It gives its name to the Phigalian Marbles, a frieze c.100 ft (30 m) long and 2... 7) Tripolis. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Trípolis, (tre´polis) (KEY) , town (1991 pop. 22,463), capital of Arcadia prefecture, S Greece, in the Peloponnesus. It is a transportation and agricultural center... 8) Evander. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Evander, (ivan´dr) (KEY) , in Greek religion, a minor deity worshiped in Arcadia in connection with Pan. In Roman religion, he was said to have introduced the worship... 9) Erymanthos. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...(KEY) , mountain group, S Greece, in NW Peloponnesus, on the border of Achaea, Arcadia, and Elis. The highest peak (c.7,295 ft/2,220 m) is Mt. Erymanthos, also known... 10) Pembroke, Mary Herbert, countess of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001 ...Pembroke, Mary Herbert, countess of, 1561-1621; sister of Sir Philip Sidney. His Arcadia was written for her, and after his death she prepared it and his other works... |