Maratha () was an ancient village in the Greek region of Arcadia on the Peloponnese, situated in the district Cynuria.
The ancient author Pausanias mentions it as a "place" (χωρίον) situated between the sources of the Buphagus and the city Gortys.Pausanias, Description of Greece 8.28.1 (English translation). It has been identified with the modern village of Vlachorraptis, which has been disputed,Bölte, Felix (1930). "Maratha". In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Vol. 28, col. 1425. but is now widely accepted.Mattern, Torsten; Goester, Yvonne C. (2023). Thisoa am Lykaion. Ergebnisse der Forschungen [Thisoa on the Lykaion. Results of the investigation]. Wiesbaden: Reichert, , p. 112.
Northeast of Vlachorraptis lies a small fortification on the peak of a mountain near the church of Agios Nikolaos.Martin, Roland (1944). "Sur deux enceintes d'Arcadie" [On two Arcadian enclosures]. In: Revue Archéologique, vol. 21, pp. 97-114, esp. pp. 97-107. These remains have been dated to the late 4th or early 3rd century BC.Charneux, Pierre; Ginouvès, René (1956). "Reconnaissances en Arcadie. Fortifications de Paliokastro, Saint-Nicolas et Hellenico" [Explorations in Arcadia. Fortifications of Paliokastro, Saint-Nicolas and Hellenico]. In: Bulletin de Correspondence Hellénique. Vol. 80, pp. 522-546, esp. pp. 538-542. The relevance of the place probably resulted from its location near the borders between the spheres of influence of Megalopolis and Heraea.Mattern, Torsten; Goester, Yvonne C. (2023). Thisoa am Lykaion. Ergebnisse der Forschungen [Thisoa on the Lykaion. Results of the investigation]. Wiesbaden: Reichert, , p. 113.
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