1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ARCADIA, a district of Greece, forming the central plateau of Peloponnesus. Shut off from the coast lands on all sides by mountain barriers, which rise in the northern peaks of Eryman thus (mod. Olanos) to 7400, of Cyllene (Ziria) to 7900, in the southern corner buttresses of Parthenium and Lycacum to more than 5000 ft., this inland plateau is again divided by numerous subsidiary ranges. In eastern or " locked " Arcadia these heights run in parallel courses intersected by cross-ridges, enclosing a series of upland …
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