Hyampeia

Hyampeia

Hyampeia

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Hyampeia is a mountain peak above the Castalian Spring in Delphi, Greece. Its modern name is Flemboukos.[1] It is the eastern peak of the Phaedriades, the western peak was known as Nauplia.[2] According to Herodotus, there was a sacred precinct at the foot of Hyampeia dedicated to the Delphic hero Autonous at the time of the Persian Wars. A battle between the Delphians and the Persians took place here during that war in which the Delphians won and prevented the Persians from looting Delphi.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Pericles Collas (n.d.). A Concise Guide of Delphi, pp8. Athens. Cacoulides.
  2. [2]
    Leake, William Martin (1835). Travels in Northern Greece. Vol. 2. p. 568. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  3. [3]
    Herodotus (1910). "The Eighth Book, Titled Urania". History of Herodotus. George Rawlinson (trans.). 8.39. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
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