Hypsa(s) (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Aug 11, 2026 05:12 PM
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History
The Hypsa(s) was an ancient river of Sicily. It is one of two Sicilian rivers with the same ancient name. This river is known in Italian as the Belìce and it flows into the Mediterranean Sea near Selinunte.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462255
37.6852744223, 12.9352085879
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Fiume Belice (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Hypsa(s) (river) flows into Internum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Entella connection Hypsa(s) (river) (unspecified date range)
- Inyx/Inikon located on Hypsa(s) (river) (unspecified date range)
- Montagnoli located on Hypsa(s) (river) (unspecified date range)
river, drainage
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 B3 Hypsa(s) fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Belice
R.J.A. Wilson, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Hypsa(s) (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462255> [accessed: 07 October 2026]
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