Kypaira
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, G. Reger, Robin Iversen Rönnlund, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Jul 22, 2022 09:05 PM
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History
An ancient fortified settlement of Achaia Phthiotis, located between the modern Greek towns of Palaia Giannitsou, Pappas, and Perivoli in the Phthiotis Regional Unit, Thessaly. The unexcavated site lies at an altitude of 700m, comprising three hills just north of a chapel of the Agia Paraskevi.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/540897
39.054657, 22.10084
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of Kypaira (750 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- Kypaira part of (regional) Achaea Phthiotis (unspecified date range)
- Kypaira member of Aetolian League (330 BC - 30 BC)
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settlement (fortified)
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 55 C2 Kypaira
The first modern scholar to describe the site in print (Béquignon) identified it as the ancient Kydonia; however, Helly has thoroughly refuted this older position, demonstrating that Kypaira is the best fit for the site's location and current understanding of the region. Helly's identification is followed by BAtlas and by Pleiades.
At last check (July 2022), vici.org labels this site "Kydonia", presumably after Béquignon.
J. Fossey, J. Morin, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, G. Reger, Robin Iversen Rönnlund, and Tom Elliott, 'Kypaira: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/540897> [accessed: 15 October 2024]
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