Arcadia

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geographic region historical region region of Greece

Arcadia is a mountainous region in the central Peloponnese of Greece, historically famed as a rustic, pastoral idyll in art and literature.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
ancient Arcadia	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographic region ⓘ historical region ⓘ region of Greece ⓘ
ancientCity	Mantineia ⓘ Megalopolis ⓘ Orchomenus (Arcadia) ⓘ Tegea ⓘ
appearsIn	ancient Greek mythology ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Hermes ⓘ Pan ⓘ
borderedBy	Achaea ⓘ Argolis ⓘ Corinthia ⓘ Elis ⓘ Laconia ⓘ Messenia ⓘ
capital	Tripoli ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
countrySubdivisionOf	Peloponnese ⓘ surface form: Peloponnese region (administrative)
hasReputationAs	pastoral utopia ⓘ rustic idyll ⓘ unspoiled wilderness ⓘ
highestMountain	Mount Mainalo ⓘ
historicalInhabitants	Arcadians ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
influenced	European pastoral literature ⓘ Neoclassicism ⓘ surface form: Neoclassical art Renaissance art theory ⓘ surface form: Renaissance art
knownFor	Byzantine churches ⓘ ancient Greek ruins ⓘ mountain villages ⓘ pastoral landscapes ⓘ rural life ⓘ shepherd culture ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
largestCity	Tripoli ⓘ
locatedIn	Peloponnese ⓘ central Peloponnese ⓘ Southern Greece ⓘ surface form: southern Greece
modernAdministrativeUnit	Arcadia regional unit ⓘ
namedAfter	Arcadians ⓘ
partOf	Peloponnese ⓘ surface form: Peloponnese peninsula
symbolizes	harmony with nature ⓘ pastoral paradise ⓘ simple rural life ⓘ
terrain	mountainous ⓘ
wasPartOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hermes → associatedRegion → Arcadia ⓘ

Apollo Epicurius → associatedWithRegion → Arcadia ⓘ

Argolid → borders → Arcadia ⓘ

Corinthia → borders → Arcadia ⓘ

Elis → borders → Arcadia ⓘ

Laconia → borders → Arcadia ⓘ

Peloponnese → contains → Arcadia ⓘ

Southern Greece → contains → Arcadia ⓘ

Demeter → cultCenter → Arcadia ⓘ

Pausanias’ Description of Greece → describes → Arcadia ⓘ

Spartan king Pleistoanax → exileRegion → Arcadia ⓘ

subject surface form: Pleistoanax

Alfeios River → flowsThrough → Arcadia ⓘ

Peloponnesian League → hasMember → Arcadia ⓘ

Mount Cyllene → isInMythologicalRegion → Arcadia ⓘ

Figaleia → locatedIn → Arcadia ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Arcadia

Astros → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Arcadia ⓘ

Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae → locatedInRegionalUnit → Arcadia ⓘ

Pan → majorCultCenter → Arcadia ⓘ

Tom Stoppard → notableWork → Arcadia ⓘ

Pan → residence → Arcadia ⓘ

Parnon mountain range → separates → Arcadia ⓘ

Empress Pulcheria → sibling → Arcadia ⓘ

subject surface form: Pulcheria

Alfeios River → sourceLocatedIn → Arcadia ⓘ

Eurotas River → sourceRegion → Arcadia ⓘ

Tsakonian → spokenIn → Arcadia ⓘ

Apollo Epicurius → veneratedIn → Arcadia ⓘ

Hermes → worshipCultCenter → Arcadia ⓘ