Thisoa am Lykaion

Short Description

In Arcadia, on the slope of the Lykaion Mountains and high above the Alpheios Valley, lies the ancient city of Theisoa. The fortified town was laid out after the Synoikismos of Megalopolis and was again used as a Frankish fortress. The volume presents the archaeological building remains (city and acropolis walls and gates, houses, an Ionic-Doric stoa) and their reconstruction as well as a newly found Theorodokian inscription. The ancient and high medieval history of the site, its location and function in the system of routes between Elis and Central Arcadia as well as its archaeological context in the region are elaborated in detail.

Biographical Note

Torsten Mattern (geb. 1966), Studium der Klassischen Archäologie in Münster, 1998 - 2009 Assistent, Hochschuldozent und Außerplanmäßiger Professor in Marburg, seit 2009 Univ.-Prof. für Klassische Archäologie in Trier, Forschungsschwerpunkte sind die antike Architektur und die Topographie des antiken Griechenland

Yvonne C. Goester, study Classical Archaeology at Leiden University, the Netherlands, 1975 – 1982 staff member of the Seminar Ancient Greek Cities Utrecht University, the Netherlands, 1978 – 1988  voluntary (survey-)field work at Goritsa, Astros and Theisoa (Lavda), Greece