What is "arcadia"

Arcadia \Ar*ca"di*a\, n. [L. Arcadia, Gr. ?.]

1. A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.

2. Fig.: Any region or scene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet.

   Where the cow is, there is Arcadia.
   --J. Burroughs.

see Arcadian.

n. (alternative case form of Arcadia English)

Arcadia (, Arkadía) 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. In European Renaissance arts, Arcadia was celebrated as an unspoiled, harmonious wilderness.

Arcadia is a 1993 play by Tom Stoppard concerning the relationship between past and present, order and disorder, certainty and uncertainty. It has been praised by many critics as the finest play from one of the most significant contemporary playwrights in the English language. In 2006, the Royal Institution of Great Britain named it one of the best science-related works ever written.

Arcadia was a pop group formed in 1985 by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, and Roger Taylor of Duran Duran as a side project during a break in that band's schedule. The project was active for just one album, So Red the Rose, which was certified Platinum in the United States and included the hit single " Election Day". Drummer Roger Taylor appeared in only a few band photographs and in none of the music videos, and stated he was only to be involved in the recording side of the project (he also had minor involvement in The Power Station, the other Duran Duran splinter group formed by Duran Duran's Andy and John Taylor alongside Robert Palmer and Tony Thompson of Chic).

The name of the band was reportedly inspired by the Nicolas Poussin painting Et in Arcadia ego (also known as "The Arcadian Shepherds"). At the same time that So Red the Rose was in production, Asia's third album, in production, was tentatively titled "Arcadia" but renamed to " Astra", to avoid confusion.

Arcadia is an administrative unit of Greece.

Arcadia may also refer to:

Arcadia refers to an ancient civilization of pastoralism and harmony with nature. The Greek province of the same name is the term's origin. Arcadia has developed into a poetic byword for a noble and peaceful wilderness. Arcadia is a poetic place associated with bountiful natural splendor and harmony. The 'Garden' is often inhabited by shepherds. The place is also mentioned in Renaissance mythology.

The inhabitants were often regarded as having continued to live after the manner of the Golden Age. It is also sometimes referred to in English poetry as Arcady. The inhabitants of this region are regarded as living close to nature, peaceful, and virtuous.

Arcadia was a region in the central Peloponnese. It took its name from the mythological character Arcas and in Greek mythology, it was the home of the god Pan. In European Renaissance arts, Arcadia was celebrated as an unspoiled, harmonious wilderness.

There is also a modern regional unit of Greece of the same name, which is more extensive than the ancient region.

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Arcadia or more fully, the Peaceable Kingdoms of Arcadia, is a lawful neutral/ lawful good-aligned plane of existence. It is one of a number of alignment-based Outer Planes that form part of the standard Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) cosmology, used in the Planescape, Greyhawk and some editions of the Forgotten Realms campaign settings.

Arcadia is a peaceful harmony between law and good and is noted for its tranquility and strict discipline. Everything on Arcadia has its specified place and everything functions as intended. Trees naturally form tight rows in orchards and streams snake across the perfectly flat plains in complex mathematical routes. Large geometric cities are perfectly laid out with efficient roads and beautiful architecture.

The Orb of Day and Night is a huge sphere that sits atop the tallest mountain in Arcadia, one side is illuminated and the other dark. The orb rotates at a constant speed so that exactly half of the plane is in darkness while the other half is illuminated. There is no dawn or dusk on Arcadia, but a sudden sharp change. The weather on Arcadia is always pleasant and seasons are of exactly equal length, which like the days, change abruptly when it is time.

Arcadia is a 1982 fixed shooter published by Imagine Software on the Sinclair Spectrum and VIC-20. It was later ported to the Commodore 64 and Dragon 32.

Arcadia is a collectible card game involving combat and terrain, created in 1996 by White Wolf, Inc. and based around the world of the fae, who are changelings that draw on the dreams of humans. Quests, delineated and represented by cards, are completed by cards similarly representing Characters moving from one Terrain card to an adjacent one until the Quest is completed. The game was discontinued after the base set (subtitled The Wyld Hunt) and a single expansion set (King Ironheart's Madness).

A number of ships have been named Arcadia:

• , a number of steamships with this name

• , a number of motor vessels with this name

Arcadia is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian in the family Rhytidosteidae from the early Triassic. The remains were found in Australia.

Arcadia (Spanish for arcade) is a weekly television show about video gaming and related subject matter. It is produced by 18-50 Televisión Guatemala. The show is hosted by Tomás Gálvez.

"Arcadia" is the fifteenth episode of the sixth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network on March 7, 1999. The episode was written by Daniel Arkin and directed by Michael Watkins. The episode is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, unconnected to the series' wider mythology. "Arcadia" earned a Nielsen household rating of 10.5, being watched by 17.91 million people in its initial broadcast. The episode received mostly positive critical reception, with many reviewers praising the episode's humor.

The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny) and Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. Mulder is a believer in the paranormal, while the skeptical Scully has been assigned to debunk his work. In this episode, several disappearances at an idyllic planned community lead Mulder and Scully to go undercover as a married couple. They find that the members of the community strictly abide by every single subdivision rule, no matter how inconsequential a rule may seem. What Mulder and Scully soon discover is that the ruler of this small community has enforced his rule with a Tulpa creature from Tibet.

Arkin, a first-year staff writer for the show, was inspired to write the episode based on an incident in his life that involved a planned community. The episode heavily utilized special effects, with various make-up and digital effects inserted into the final film to give the episode an appropriate feel.

Arcadia is a neighborhood in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona. It is bounded roughly by 44th Street to 68th Street and from Thomas Rd. to Camelback mountain. Arcadia contains well-kept homes on large lots; these homes command relatively high property values (as the neighborhood is adjacent to the upscale suburbs of Paradise Valley, the Biltmore area, Scottsdale and north Phoenix). Built on former citrus groves, Arcadia is known for well-irrigated, mature landscaping. Several yards prominently feature orange, lemon and grapefruit trees as reminders of the area's past; the area used to be occupied by citrus farmers from 1919 to the mid-1950s. In the mid-1950s, the rest of Phoenix caught up with the farms and the area suburbanized with characteristic ranch homes on large lots. Arcadia High School serves and derives its name from the neighborhood.

The film Everything Must Go, takes place in Arcadia.

Arcadia is a historic house located between Frederick and Buckeystown, Maryland. Built about 1790, the house overlooks Monocacy National Battlefield. The house was extensively altered in the late 19th century and now possesses an elaborate balconied tower. The interior was also extensively updated at that time.

The house played a role in the Civil War when in the days prior to the Battle of Antietam Confederate Colonel (later General) William Pendleton stayed at Arcadia. It later became General George Meade's headquarters in the time leading up to the Battle of Gettysburg. During the Battle of Monocacy General Jubal Early formed his troops at Arcadia.

Arcadia was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Arcadia is a Colombian-based monthly magazine. The magazine offers articles on arts, literature and movies.

Arcadia (3 April 400 – 444) was the third daughter of Emperor Arcadius and Aelia Eudoxia and a member of the Theodosian dynasty.

Arcadia is a 2012 American drama film written and directed by Olivia Silver, produced by A Poisson Rouge Pictures and DViant Films. It won the Crystal Bears, Generation Kplus at 2012 Berlinale and the Grand Prize at the Cine Junior Festival.

Arcadia is a pastoral poem written around 1480 by Jacopo Sannazaro and published in 1504 in Naples. Sannazaro's Arcadia influenced the literature of the 16th and 17th centuries (e.g., Shakespeare, Philip Sidney, Marguerite de Navarre, Jorge de Montemayor, and John Milton).

Due to its mythological meaning as an unspoiled, harmonious wilderness, Arcadia has been used to refer to imaginary places in popular culture. All these meanings originate from the ancient Greek province of Arcadia, which nowadays still exists as a regional unit of Greece.

• One of the main characters in Isaac Asimov's Second Foundation is named Arcadia, and prefers to be called Arkady.
• Demis Roussos has a song entitled "Lovely Lady Of Arcadia".
• A book titled A Modern Arcadia: Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. & The Plan For Forest Hills Gardens written by Susan L. Klaus about a utopian community in Queens, NY, and a beautiful example of the early 20th century garden city movement here in America, that still exists today.
• The Greek and Latin name Arcadius/Arkadios was derived from "Arcadia" (see the Emperor Arcadius, the grammarian Arcadius of Antioch, the patriarch Arkadios II). From Greek it passed in Russian, Ukrainian, and other Slavic languages, where it is a common male name as Arkady or Arcady.
• The word Arcadia has become a poetic idyllism meaning "Utopia". The Libertines and Pete Doherty, whose first solo album Grace/Wastelands features an opening track titled "Arcady", are among many who has used this symbol in their work.
• Arcadia was a band created as a project by the 1980s English iconic pop band, Duran Duran, in 1985. It included Duran Duran members, Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes, and Roger Taylor. The name of this band was chosen for the mystique surrounding Arcadia as a place of mystery and symbolic secrecy.
• The area of the prefecture were featured in several ERT programs including documentaries on the Megalopoli Mine and Ladon Lake
• In the 2006 Doctor Who episode " Doomsday", the Doctor mentions being "there at the fall of Arcadia", where Arcadia is insinuated to be an unspecified area of possible strategic importance in the Time War. Later, in the 50th Anniversary special " The Day of the Doctor", Arcadia is revealed to be a city on the planet Gallifrey, home of the Doctor's own race, the Time Lords.
• An early incarnation of Sonic Youth was known as The Arcadians.
• The tactical RPG Fire Emblem features a hidden Utopian city where man and dragon lives in harmony. This city is called Arcadia, and is founded by the legendary Archsage Athos.
• In the video game BioShock, "Arcadia" is the name of an area in one of the levels, with an artificial forest and touted as a vacation paradise.
• In the 1988 video game The Battle of Olympus, Arcadia is the initial starting point of the game.
• In the Stardust Classics children's fantasy novels, Arcadia is the name of the kingdom ruled by the young Princess Alissa.
• In the film 300 Leonidas is joined by a group of Arcadians to help him fight against the Persians.
• In Space Pirate Captain Harlock, the show's main ship is called Arcadia, perhaps hinting that the ship itself is a sort of refuge to pirates.
• In the Japanese "anime" "Trigun", Little Arcadia is episode 14, referring to the small forest that an old couple managed to nurture in the desert.
• In the text MUD Achaea, Arcadia is the home of a race of winged humans (Atavians).
• In the series of games Mega Man Zero, (Neo) Arcadia is the utopian city where humans live in apparent peace with reploids.
• The name of the planet in the game Skies of Arcadia is Arcadia. It is a planet with a completely barren wasteland ground level, but is mainly populated in its sky, which has a large system of floating islands, each flourishing under six different-colored moons that orbit the planet.
• In the PlayStation 2 game Final Fantasy XII there is a militaristic empire known as Archadia
• In The Legend of Zelda (TV series), the White Knight character appearing in episode 3 comes from a city called Arcadia.
• In the TV series The X-Files, the thirteenth episode of the sixth season is named "Arcadia".
• In the TV series Space: 1999, Arkadia is a planet from where the life came to Earth
• In the 20th Latin American literary classic, "Empire of Dreams" by Giannina Braschi, the inhabitants of Arcadia invade New York City in a pastoral revolution (1988).
• The mythic world that adorns the album covers of the rock band Asia, specifically the albums Alpha (1983) and Astra (1985).
• Arcadia is one of twin worlds in the popular computer game The Longest Journey and its sequel, Dreamfall.
• In Armored Core 3, Arcadia is the name of the No. 1 ranked AC.
• In Metal Gear Online, Arcadia is the name of a glitcher.
• In the game Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, the areas of the game are all said to be within the city of New Arcadia.
• In the RTS game Halo Wars, Arcadia is a civilian world under attack by an alien race called The Covenant.
• In the opera Semele (Handel), Jupiter sends winged Zephyrs to fetch Semele's sister, Ino, and he sings "Now shall all this scene unto Arcadia turn, the seat of happy nymphs and swains."
• In the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Iolanthe, the male romantic lead, Strephon, is described as "an Arcadian Shepherd".
• Tom Stoppard's 1993 play, Arcadia.
• In the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Arcadia is a suburb located in North Eastern Virginia, U.S.A in which you must evacuate civilians and key personnel in the level Exodus.
• In the TV series Joan of Arcadia, the story of a teenage girl who communicates with God and performs tasks she is given, took place in the fictional Arcadia, Maryland.
• In the manga series Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01, the antagonist Neo Saiba attempts to create a Utopian world using his Digimon, which he names Arkadimon.
• The 2010 Avantasia Album " Angel of Babylon" features a song entitled "Journey to Arcadia" which portrays the region as a mythical destination full of wonder and mystery.
• Strika Entertainment, a South African comic publisher best known for their global Supa Strikas title, also produces a comic called Arcadia. The story follows three friends and their dog who, every week, are sucked into an arcade machine, and are taken on incredible adventures in the computer game world of Arcadia.
• In Resident Evil: Afterlife, Arcadia is a safe haven free from viral infection. However, it is revealed to be freight ship and a trap set up by Umbrella Corporation.
• In Dragon Quest VIII for PlayStation 2 there is a city called Arcadia.
• The Japanese musical group Sound Horizon's story album Moira is set in the country of Arcadia. One of the main characters being the "First Prince of Arcadia", Leontius.
• In the video game series The Idolmaster, Chihaya Kisaragi has an image song called "Arcadia" that has the lyrics, "I will aim for Arcadia".
• An American-like continent in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is called Arcadia.
• In the sitcom How I Met Your Mother, there is a season-long arc that concerns whether the Arcadian Hotel will be preserved as a landmark or torn down to build a new skyscraper. The Arcadian is said to once have been a grand hotel that has fallen on hard times and is in the process of decay.
• Marianas Trench refers to Arcadia, in their song Arcadia. They are referring to it as a "unspoiled, harmonious wilderness."
• In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds, there is an organisation called the Arcadia Movement
• PlayStation Vita game (Fate/stay night [Realta Nua]) has a theme song entitled ARCADIA performed by the Japanese band earthmind. The song is used as Saber's Route, Fate, opening theme.
• Mathayus in The Scorpion King was from Arcadia.
• In the French novel L'Autre by Pierre Bottero, little Arcadia is the name given to a parallel universe.

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Arcadia is a historical part of Odessa, Ukraine, which is known as a famous resort. It is located in the coastal part of the city, close to the quarters of 5th and 7th stations of Velyky Fontan. The quarter was named after a mountainous district in Greece, which was known as the home of pastoral villagers.

The famous Arcadia Beach and Arcadia Park are located in the district.

ARCADIA (ARCHITECTURE ANALYSIS & DESIGN INTEGRATED APPROACH) is a system & software architecture engineering method, based on architecture-centric and model-driven engineering activities.