A district or a prefecture in the central and mid SE Peloponnese that has a population of more than 110,000. Tripoli is the capital and a main city with a population over 22,000
Ancient country, central Peloponnese, Greece. Mountainous and landlocked, it was not overrun by the Dorians during their occupation of Greece (1100-1000 BC). Its isolation and its pastoral character partly explain why it was represented as a paradise in Greek and Roman bucolic poetry. It was the scene of conflict during the War of Greek Independence (1821-29). The modern Greek department of Arkadhía is nearly coextensive with the ancient country
a picturesque plateau region in Greece, reputed to be the home of pastoral poetry and commemorated by pastoral poets as an ideal landscape of peace and contentment, peopled by philosopher-shepherds
A mountainous area of Greece In Greek and Roman literature, a place where a contented life of rural simplicity is lived; an earthly paradise peopled by shepherds
A region or scene characterized by idyllic quiet and simplicity, often chosen as a setting for pastoral poetry, from Arcadia, a picturesque region in ancient Greece (See also Bucolic, Eclogue, Idyll, Madrigal)
The word entered English from the Greek arkadia and refers to a region whose inhabitants lived a pastoral life of idealized, simple pleasures How appropriate for a group of nursing centers named Arcadia
A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness