MANTINEIA, or MANTINEA

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 605 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MAL-MAR

MANTINEIA, or MANTINEA , an ancient city of Arcadia, Greece, situated in the long narrow plain running north and

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

, which is now called after the

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

town Tripolitsa. Tegea was in the same valley, about so m. S. of Mantineia, and the two cities continually disputed the supremacy of the

district

DISTRICT

. In every

great

GREAT

war we find them ranged on opposite sides, except when superior force constrained both. The

worship

WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

and mysteries of Cora at Mantineia were famous. The valley in which the city lies has no opening to the coast, and the water finds its way, often only with much care and artificial aid, through underground passages (katavothra) to the sea. It is bounded on the west by

Mount

MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Maenalus, on the

east

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

Mount

MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Artemision.
Mantineia is mentioned in the Homeric catalogue of ships, but in early Greek times existed only as a cluster of villages inhabited by a purely agricultural community. In the 6th century it was still insignificant as compared with the neighbouring city of Tegea, and submitted more readily to Spartan
overlordship. The political history of Mantineia begins soon after the Persian wars, when its five constituent villages, at the suggestion of Argos, were merged into one city, whose military strength forthwith secured it a leading position in the Peloponnesus. Its policy was henceforth guided by three main considerations. Its democratic constitution, which seems to have been entirely congenial to the population of small freeholders, and its ambition to gain

control

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

over the

Alpheus

ALPHEUS ('AAdseaos; mod. Ruphia)

watershed and both the Arcadian high roads to the isthmus, frequently estranged Mantineia from Sparta and threw it into the arms of Argos. But the chronic frontier disputes with Tegea, which turned the two cities into bitter enemies, contributed most of all to determine their several
a notable victory but lost his own life. After the withdrawal of the Thebans from Arcadia Mantineia failed to recover its pre-eminence from Megalopolis, with which city it had frequent disputes. In contrast with the Macedonian sympathies of Megalopolis Mantineia joined the leagues against Antipater (322) and Antigonus Gonatas (266). A

change

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

of constitution, imposed perhaps by the Macedonians, was nullified (about 250) by a revolution through which democracy was restored. About 235 B.C. Mantineia entered the Achaean League, from which it had obtained protection against Spartan encroachments, but soon passed in turn to the Aetolians and to Cleomenes III. of Sparta. A renewed defection, inspired apparently by aversion to the aristocratic government of the

End of Article: MANTINEIA, or MANTINEA

If you wish, you can link directly to this article.

<a href="http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/Encyclopedia/MAL_MAR/MANTINEIA_or_MANTINEA.html">
MANTINEIA, or MANTINEA
</a>

(Previous)
MANTEUFFEL, EDWIN, FREIHERR VON (1809-1885)

(Next)
MANTIS

JCSM was founded in 1997 and exists to help the community and bring people into a life-changing and productive relationship with Jesus Christ. JCSM offers over 200,000 free web pages, including its weekly inspirational emails that were sent continuously for over a decade.

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries
P.O. Box 9297
San Diego, CA 92169
1-888-887-0417 or Email