[3] According to the History of Leontarion Province by Theodoros Katrivanos [4] the village occupied the area that was the Karum Ali Estate (Καρούμ Αλή τσιφλίκι), itself part of the Leontario vilayet (Ottoman administrative division, in Greek: Βιλαέτι Λεονταρίου) in the 18th century.

By 2006, after prolonged legal battles and court cases the vast majority of property owners of Anthochori were financially compensated by the Public Power Corporation.

Subsequently, starting from its northwestern part, the old village homes were demolished and their remains were dumped to the south while the roads, already closed for some years, were eventually removed.

Until late 2008 the only remaining building of Anthochori left standing was its main church dedicated to the Presentation of the Virgin to the Temple (Greek: Τα Εισόδια της Θεοτόκου).

None of the demolition workers were willing to take responsibility for its destruction and, thus, the church remained standing upon a tall "column" of soil while the surrounding earth was being excavated.

It is claimed that the demolition of Anthochori marks the final expansion of the lignite mine which, in turn, signals the beginning of the end for the Megalopolis thermo-electric power plant.

In 2008, Time magazine published a short article under the title "Europe's changing places" which used a dramatic photo of Anthochori's main church - the Presentation of the Virgin to the Temple (Greek: Τα Εισόδια της Θεοτόκου) - taken by world famous British photographer Stuart Franklin in 2007.

The same picture was included in a presentation of Stuart Franklin's work in the Guardian newspaper,[11] accompanied by the following note by the photographer: To the ancient Greeks, Arcadia was a rural idyll.