37°33′57″N 21°47′05″E / 37.56585°N 21.784671°E Epeium or Epeion ( Ancient Greek: Ἤπειον or Ήπειον) [1] or Epium or Epion (Ἔπιον [2] or Ήπιον [3]) or Aepion or Aipion (Αἰπίον or Αἴπιον) [4] was a town of Triphylia in ancient Elis, which stood between Makistos and Heraea, and may have been the successor settlement to Homeric Aepy. [5] It is one of the six cities (along with Lepreum, Macistus, Phrixae, Pyrgus, and Nudium) founded by the Minyans in the territory of Paroreatae and Caucones. [2]
At the beginning of the 5th century BCE, it was a community of perioeci of Elis. [6] According to Xenophon, the Eleans claimed that they had bought the town from its owners for 30 talents; the identity of these "owners" is unknown. [1] Xenophon's phrase suggests that at the time of the sale, Epeium was not controlled by its original population. [7] It has been suggested that it belonged to the Arcadians. [8]
Towards the year 400 BCE, Epeium was liberated from the Elean government and made autonomous. [9] It probably joined the Triphylian federation. In 369 BCE, it was a member of the Arcadian League. [10]
The site is tentatively located near modern Tripiti (formerly called Bitsibardi). [11] [12] Archaeologists have discovered the foundations of an old structure, a retaining wall and many tiles. [13] The first researchers found walls of ashlar, ceramics of the Classical Period, and blocks and drums of columns. The acropolis occupies an area of 150 x 25 m (500 x 80 ft). [14]
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37°33′57″N 21°47′05″E / 37.56585°N 21.784671°E Epeium or Epeion ( Ancient Greek: Ἤπειον or Ήπειον) [1] or Epium or Epion (Ἔπιον [2] or Ήπιον [3]) or Aepion or Aipion (Αἰπίον or Αἴπιον) [4] was a town of Triphylia in ancient Elis, which stood between Makistos and Heraea, and may have been the successor settlement to Homeric Aepy. [5] It is one of the six cities (along with Lepreum, Macistus, Phrixae, Pyrgus, and Nudium) founded by the Minyans in the territory of Paroreatae and Caucones. [2]
At the beginning of the 5th century BCE, it was a community of perioeci of Elis. [6] According to Xenophon, the Eleans claimed that they had bought the town from its owners for 30 talents; the identity of these "owners" is unknown. [1] Xenophon's phrase suggests that at the time of the sale, Epeium was not controlled by its original population. [7] It has been suggested that it belonged to the Arcadians. [8]
Towards the year 400 BCE, Epeium was liberated from the Elean government and made autonomous. [9] It probably joined the Triphylian federation. In 369 BCE, it was a member of the Arcadian League. [10]
The site is tentatively located near modern Tripiti (formerly called Bitsibardi). [11] [12] Archaeologists have discovered the foundations of an old structure, a retaining wall and many tiles. [13] The first researchers found walls of ashlar, ceramics of the Classical Period, and blocks and drums of columns. The acropolis occupies an area of 150 x 25 m (500 x 80 ft). [14]
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