Hypana

Hypana

Hypana

Town in the interior of Triphylia in ancient Elis

37°32′26″N 21°45′11″E Hypana (Ancient Greek: Ὕπανα)[1] or Hypaneia (Ὑπάνεια)[2] was a town in the interior of Triphylia in ancient Elis. It was taken by Philip V of Macedon in the Social War.[3] Its inhabitants had been transferred to Elis when Strabo wrote. Hypana is mentioned along with Typaneae near the rivers Dalion and Acheron, tributaries of Alpheus.[4] Both these towns must have been situated in the mountains of Triphylia.

Most modern scholars identify its location with a site near the modern town of Platiana,[5][6][7] though other writers disagree, and propose other locations.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. [2]
    Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.16.18.
  3. [3]
    Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 4.77-79.
  4. [4]
    Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 8.3.15. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  5. [5]
    Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  6. [6]
    Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  7. [7]
    Page of the Ministry of Culture of Greece: the acropolis of Platiana (in Greek))
  8. [8]
    It has been suggested by Juan José Torres Esbarranch that Hypana is sited near a locality currently called Gryllos, which used to be called Mundritza (Juan José Torres Esbarranch (2001). Estrabón, Geografía libros VIII-X (in Spanish). Madrid: Gredos. p. 59, n. 160. ISBN 84-249-2298-0.).

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Hypana". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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