Skias was an ancient settlement in ancient Arcadia

Arcadia

Arcadia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Peloponnese. It is situated in the central and eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas. In Greek mythology, it was the home of the god Pan...

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It was first mentioned by Pausanias

Pausanias (geographer)

Pausanias was a Greek traveler and geographer of the 2nd century AD, who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. He is famous for his Description of Greece , a lengthy work that describes ancient Greece from firsthand observations, and is a crucial link between classical...

 in which he visited the region, it was 103 stadia (30 to 35 km) from Tripoli

Tripoli

Tripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...

, 70 stadia (25 km) from Methydrium

Methydrio

Methydrio is a settlement and an ancient city in the municipality of Vytina, Arcadia, Greece. As of 2001, it had a population of 14 for the settlement and sits at 1,060 m above sea level...

 and 10 stadia from Charisia

Charisia

Charisia , modern Greek forms: Charissia and Harisia was an ancient city in ancient Arcadia....

. Pausanias founded the settlement in ruins and was destroyed in which it mentioned in the settlement the temple of Skiatid Artemis

Artemis

Artemis was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities. Her Roman equivalent is Diana. Some scholars believe that the name and indeed the goddess herself was originally pre-Greek. Homer refers to her as Artemis Agrotera, Potnia Theron: "Artemis of the wildland, Mistress of Animals"...

.. The location of the ancient settlement is unknown today.