Thyraion
Ancient city · Greece
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 37.483, 22.133
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
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History
Thyraeum or Thyraion was a city in ancient Arcadia, Greece, in the district Cynuria. According to Greek mythology, it was founded by Thyraeus, a son of Lycaon. It was already ruined in the 2nd century, when it was visited by Pausanias. It was near Hypsus, Zoetia and Paroria.