Rhypes
38°13′11″N 22°00′44″E / 38.2198°N 22.01219°E Rhypes (
Patrae, and its territory (Ῥυπίς, or ἡ Ῥυπική) was divided between Aegium and Pharae.[5] Its ruins were seen by Pausanias, in the 2nd century, at a short distance from the main road from Aegium to Patrae.[6] We learn from Strabo that this town was mentioned by Aeschylus as κεραυνίας Ῥύπας, or "Rhypes stricken by the thunderbolt." It was the birthplace of Myscellus, the founder of Croton.[7]
In the territory of Rhypes there was a suburb called Leuctrum (Λεῦκτρον),[7] and also a seaport named Erineum (Ἐρινεόν or Ἐρινεὸς λιμήν) which is mentioned by Thucydides,[8] and which is described by Pausanias as 60 stadia from Aegium.[9][10]
The site of Rhypes is located south of modern Koumari.[11][12]
See also
References
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
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- ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 1.145.
- ^ Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 2.41.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "18.7". Description of Greece. Vol. 7. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "6.1". Description of Greece. Vol. 7. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library., 7.23.4.
- ^ a b Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 8.7.5. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 7.34.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "22.10". Description of Greece. Vol. 7. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.6.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Rhypes". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.