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ALISON LANSKI

University of Notre Dame

The northern region of ARCADIA, near the border with Achaea (BA 58 C2). Azania is named for Azan, son of Arcas, according to MYTH (Paus. 8.4.2), though ETYMOLOGY suggests it may refer to the dry, hard land (Hilton 1992, 152–53). Boasting seventeen CITIES, Azania was one of three regions in Arcadia (Steph. Byz. s.v. Ἀζανία (Α 71)). Herodotus mentions it (6.127.3) as the ethnic designation (ὁ Ἀζήν) of LAPHANES of PAEON, a suitor of Cleisthenes’ daughter AGARISTE (I) in the first half of the sixth century BCE.

SEE ALSO: Achaeans (Peloponnese); Cleisthenes of Sicyon; Euphorion the Azanian; Peloponnese