Were the Tritaians (Pausanias 6.12.8-9) Arkadian? Pausanias at Work

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  • James Roy

Abstract

This article examines what knowledge of Arkadia Pausanias already had, and how he used that knowledge, when he sought to determine whether, as a victor-monument at Olympia claimed (Paus. 6.12.8-9), the polis Tritaia (known as Achaian) had ever been Arkadian.

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2026-08-21

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Roy, J. (2026). Were the Tritaians (Pausanias 6.12.8-9) Arkadian? Pausanias at Work. Classica Et Mediaevalia, 741–748. Retrieved from https://tidsskrift.dk/classicaetmediaevalia/article/view/170895

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2026: Supplement 4: Tales from A Thousand Cities. Studies in Memory of Mogens Herman Hansen

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Varia Historia

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