A city on the Peloponnesian Peninsula.
Araethyrea and Aoris were the children of Aras. Both were experienced hunters and brave warriors. Araethyrea died first, and Aoris, in memory of his sister, changed the name of the land to Araethyrea. Before the celebration of the mysteries of Demeter, goddess of the hunt, the people look at the tombs of Araethyrea and Aoris and call them to the libations.
During the Trojan War, Agamemnon, commander-in-chief of the Achaian army, mustered troops from Araithyrea, Aigialos, Aigion, Gonoessa, Helike, Hyperesia, Kleonai, Korinth, Mykenai, Orneiai, Pellene, and Sikyon.
| References: Pausanias, Description of Greece book 2, 12.5 Homer, Iliad book 2, line 571 |