Scarphe ( Ancient Greek: Σκάρφη) [1] or Scarpheia (Σκάρφεια) [2] [3] was a town of the Epicnemidian Locrians, mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad. [1] According to Strabo it was 10 stadia from the sea, 30 stadia from Thronium, and a little less from some other place of which the name is lost, probably Nicaea. [2] Moreover, Scarphe was reported to be occupying the territory of Augeiae, which had disappeared by his time. [2] It appears from Pausanias that it lay on the direct road from Elateia to Thermopylae by Thronium, [4] and likewise from Livy, who states that Lucius Quinctius Flamininus marched from Elateia by Thronium and Scarpheia to Heraclea. [5] It was also the site of the Battle of Scarpheia in 146 BCE. Scarpheia is said by Strabo to have been destroyed by an inundation of the sea ( tsunami) caused by an earthquake [6] in 426 BCE, [7] but it must have been afterwards rebuilt, as it is mentioned by subsequent writers down to a late period, including Pliny the Elder, [8] Ptolemy, [9] Hierocles, [10] Stephanus of Byzantium, [3] and the Geographer of Ravenna. [11] Scarpheia is also mentioned by Lycophron, [12] Appian, [13] and Pausanias. [14]
It was, together with Thronium, one of the only cities of Epicnemidian Locris that minted coins.
The site of the ancient town is tentatively identified as near Molos. [15] [16]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Scarphe". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
38°48′11″N 22°39′25″E / 38.803°N 22.6569°E
Scarphe ( Ancient Greek: Σκάρφη) [1] or Scarpheia (Σκάρφεια) [2] [3] was a town of the Epicnemidian Locrians, mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad. [1] According to Strabo it was 10 stadia from the sea, 30 stadia from Thronium, and a little less from some other place of which the name is lost, probably Nicaea. [2] Moreover, Scarphe was reported to be occupying the territory of Augeiae, which had disappeared by his time. [2] It appears from Pausanias that it lay on the direct road from Elateia to Thermopylae by Thronium, [4] and likewise from Livy, who states that Lucius Quinctius Flamininus marched from Elateia by Thronium and Scarpheia to Heraclea. [5] It was also the site of the Battle of Scarpheia in 146 BCE. Scarpheia is said by Strabo to have been destroyed by an inundation of the sea ( tsunami) caused by an earthquake [6] in 426 BCE, [7] but it must have been afterwards rebuilt, as it is mentioned by subsequent writers down to a late period, including Pliny the Elder, [8] Ptolemy, [9] Hierocles, [10] Stephanus of Byzantium, [3] and the Geographer of Ravenna. [11] Scarpheia is also mentioned by Lycophron, [12] Appian, [13] and Pausanias. [14]
It was, together with Thronium, one of the only cities of Epicnemidian Locris that minted coins.
The site of the ancient town is tentatively identified as near Molos. [15] [16]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Scarphe". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
38°48′11″N 22°39′25″E / 38.803°N 22.6569°E