Acontium

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Acontium or Akontion (Ancient Greek: Ἀκόντιον) was a town of ancient Arcadia, in the district of Parrhasia.[1] The people of Acontium moved to Megalopolis upon the founding of that city in 371 BCE.[1]

Its site is unlocated.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Pausanias (1918). "27.4". Description of Greece. Vol. 8. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  2. ^ 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.