Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . slope of which was the temple ofArtemis Hymnia, which formed the boundary be-tween Mantinice and Orchomenia. (Paus. viii. 12.§§ 5—9, comp. viii. 5. § 11.) A road led from Mantineia on the W. to Methy-drium. It passed through the plain Alcimedon,which was 30 stadia from the city, above whichwas Mount Ostraciua ; then by the fountain Cissa,and, at the distance of 40 stadia from the fountain,by the small place Petrosaca (J] TlirpoaaKa),which was on the confines of the Mantineian andMegalopolitan territories. (Paus. viii. 12. §§ 2-—4.) Two roads led from M
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . slope of which was the temple ofArtemis Hymnia, which formed the boundary be-tween Mantinice and Orchomenia. (Paus. viii. 12.§§ 5—9, comp. viii. 5. § 11.) A road led from Mantineia on the W. to Methy-drium. It passed through the plain Alcimedon,which was 30 stadia from the city, above whichwas Mount Ostraciua ; then by the fountain Cissa,and, at the distance of 40 stadia from the fountain,by the small place Petrosaca (J] TlirpoaaKa),which was on the confines of the Mantineian andMegalopolitan territories. (Paus. viii. 12. §§ 2-—4.) Two roads led from Mantineia southwards,—theone SE. to Tegea, and the other SW. to Pallan-tinm. On the left of the road to Tegea, calledXenis (Hey(s) by Poly bins (xi. 11. § 5), just outsidethe gates of Mantineia, was the hippodrome, and alittle further on the stadium, above which roseMount Alesium : at the spot where the mountaincea>ed was the temple of Poseidon Hippius, whicTiwas 7 stadia from the city, as we learn from Poly* MANTENEIA. 2G3. A A. Road to B. Road to C. Road to D. Road to Tegea. PLAIN OF MANTINEIA. E E. Road to Pallantiiim. F F. Road to Argos, called Priniis. G G. Road to Argos, called Climax. s 4 264 MANTINEIA. Lius (xi. 11. § 4, compared with xi. 14. § 1).Here commenced the ditch, which is said by Poly-bius to have led across the Mautineian plain to themountains bordering upon the district of the Elis-phasii (ri Twv EXiffcpaffioiv X^P) P^l. xi. 11. § 6,comp. 15. § 7, xvii. G).* Beyond the temple ofPoseidon was a forest of oaks, called Pelagus(XleKayos), through which ran the road to turning out of the road to the left, at the templeof Poseidon, one found at the distance of 5 stadiathe tombs of the daughters of Pelias. Twentystadia further on was a place called Piioezon(*oiXcoJ). This was the narrowest part of the plainbetween Tegea and Mantineia, the road beingshortened by the hill Scope on the \V. and a similarp
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