Tegea Attractions Teyéa
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At the little village of Tegéa, 8km/5mi southeast of Trípoli, is a sanctuary of Athena Alea.
Tegéa, until 560 B.C. a center of resistance to Sparta, was described by Pausanias in the A.D. second century as a flourishing city, but in A.D. 395 was destroyed by Alaric. Later the Crusaders built the town of Nikli nearby.
According to the myth Tegéa was founded by Aleos, whose daughter Auge conceived Telephos after being raped by Herakles. Telephos travelled to Mysia in Asia, defeated the Trojans at the river Kaikos before the Trojan War and was later revered by the royal house of Pergamon as their ancestor (frieze on Pergamon Altar).
Tegéa was the birthplace of Atalanta, who received the skin of the Calydonian boar from Meleagros.
Tegéa, until 560 B.C. a center of resistance to Sparta, was described by Pausanias in the A.D. second century as a flourishing city, but in A.D. 395 was destroyed by Alaric. Later the Crusaders built the town of Nikli nearby.
According to the myth Tegéa was founded by Aleos, whose daughter Auge conceived Telephos after being raped by Herakles. Telephos travelled to Mysia in Asia, defeated the Trojans at the river Kaikos before the Trojan War and was later revered by the royal house of Pergamon as their ancestor (frieze on Pergamon Altar).
Tegéa was the birthplace of Atalanta, who received the skin of the Calydonian boar from Meleagros.
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Sanctuary of Alea Athena
The Sanctuary of Alea Athena was built in the 4th C B.C. by Skopas. It was the first marble temple in the Peloponnese and shows an increased regard for the interior.
