Historical place profile
Helisson
An ancient polis mentioned by Pausanias. Epigraphic evidence indicates that, in the 5th century BCE, it became a political dependency of Mantinea. Its precise location is not known, but Camp in BAtlDir followed some earlier scholarship in placing it "near Alonistaina," a modern village in the municipality of Falanthos (Arcadia).
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:570282
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:570282
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.612883, 22.217753
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient polis mentioned by Pausanias. Epigraphic evidence indicates that, in the 5th century BCE, it became a political dependency of Mantinea. Its precise location is not known, but Camp in BAtlDir followed some earlier scholarship in placing it "near Alonistaina," a modern village in the municipality of Falanthos (Arcadia).
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 C2 Helisson
Source and reuse
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Research path
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