Arkadia, Thelpusa
Circa 50-25 BCE
Dichalkon AE 16mm, 3.66g, 10h
Radiate head of Demeter Erinys to right, wearing a small earring and a necklace with her hair rolled.
Rev. ΘΕΛ Legend within a laurel wreath
BCD Peloponnesos 1762. HGC 5, 1087. SNG Copenhagen 319. Traité III 938
Ex collection of John Aiello
Ex BCD collection
Ex Baldwins May 1970
Thelpusa was located between Psophis and Heraia, and between Elaia and Kleitor. It received its name from a nymph Thelpusa, the daughter of Ladon. I’m not sure if it’s the same Ladon who was the dragon who guarded the apples of the Hesperides.
By the time Pausanias visited the city, it was already deserted. Today, only a few fragments of the ruins remain.
352 BCE
Lakedaimon is defeated by Thebes near Thelpusa