The coastal settlement of Terpsithea is located 4 km south of Kyparissia, on both sides of the road that connects Kyparissia with Filiatra. It has about 90 permanent residents and owes its name to the fantastic view of the sea and the shores of the Ionian Sea. In ancient times, the area around the settlement was part of Nestor’s kingdom, King of ancient Pylos.
During the Occupation, the settlement experienced the Nazi atrocity when Karl Dietrich (of the Cavalry Battalion) exterminated the entire family of N. Anagnostopoulos in retaliation for the resistance action of the guerrillas in the area.
In the first years, the so-called "cottages" (vacation houses), considered the best houses in the area, were built in and around the settlement. The visitor here can see the temple of the Ascension of the Lord. Also, close to Terpsithea is the pebble beach of Vlachos, which is 6 km from Kyparissia.
Polybius Dimitrakopoulos (1864-1922), playwright, poet, novelist, journalist and publisher, came from Terpsithea. P. Dimitrakopoulos was better known by the French literary pseudonym Arkas (Paul Arkas).
