Polyphengos

The settlement of Saint George was situated on the plain some 3 km from ancient Nemea, and occupied the space of the modern town of Nemea, while the fortress was situated on the top of Mount Polyphengos and controlled one of the passes leading from the plateau of Arcadia to the lowlands of the Argolic Gulf.

[1] In September 1320, the Greeks under Andronikos Asen captured the fortress of Saint George in Skorta and defeated a relief force.

They immediately followed up this success by advancing against the fortresses of Karytaina, Akova and Polyphengos and obtaining their surrender by bribing their commanders.

[2] This success gave the Greeks a strategic advantage as all these fortresses controlled passages through the mountains from the interior plateau to the still Frankish-held coastal plains.

[4] In 1458 the town was captured and laid waste by the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II during his first campaign against the Despotate of the Morea.