Rhypes

38°13′11″N 22°00′44″E / 38.2198°N 22.01219°E / 38.2198; 22.01219 Rhypes (Ancient Greek: Ῥύπες), or Rhypae or Rhypai (Ῥύπαι)^[1] was a polis (city-state)^[2] of ancient Achaea, 30 stadia west of Aegium, and was one of the original twelve Achaean cities.^[3] It had ceased to be a member of the Achaean League in the time of Polybius, who mentions Leontium in its place.^[4] Rhypes, however, continued to exist down to the time of Augustus; but this emperor destroyed the city and transferred its inhabitants to 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]

References

^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Achaia". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 485–486. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
^ 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.
^ 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.

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.

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[1] Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.

[Poleis-2] Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Achaia". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 485–486. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.

[3] Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 1.145.

[4] Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 2.41.

[5] 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.

[6] 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.

[Strabo-7] Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 8.7.5. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

[8] Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 7.34.

[9] 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.

[10] Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.6.

[11] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

[12] 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.

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