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Typaion Mt. (Eleia) 7 Makrisia - Τύπαιον

Τύπαιον - Typaion, ancient mountain by the road from Skillous to Olympia

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Latitude: 37.628500
Longitude: 21.659300
Confidence: Low (20190411)

Greek name: Τύπαιον
Place ID: 378218LTyp
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Region: Peloponnese
Country: Greece
Department: Ileia
Mod: Makrisia

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Modern Description: Hill on S side of Alpheios valley opposite Ancient Olympia (coordinates Dr. Joachim Heiden)
Wikidata ID: Q15205657
DARE: 43570

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Pausanias, Description of Greece	§5.6.7 there is a mountain with high, precipitous cliffs. It is called Mount Typaeum . It is a law of Elis to cast down it any	-1
Eusebius, Preparation of the Gospels	§5.20.1 making his incursion by land, and he encamped midway between Navatus and Typaeum . He killed with his spear Carnus son of Phylander, an Aetolian	-1
Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica	§T642.1 Typaion: Τύπαιον, ὄρος Ἤλιδος. Παυσανίας Ἠλιακῶν αʹ.	-1
Col. William Leake, Travels in the Morea (v.1-3)	§1.030 a mile from the river; this precipice corresponds exactly to the Mount Typaeum of Pausanias, which was held out as an object of terror to	1805
Col. William Leake, Travels in the Morea (v.1-3)	§1.030 never executed, that females so transgressing should be precipitated from the rock Typaeum . The Cladeus, on reaching within a few yards of the Alpheius,	1805
Col. William Leake, Travels in the Morea (v.1-3)	§2.217 of the Alpheius, a mountain precipitous with lofty rocks; it is called Typaeum, and there is a law among the Eleians, that any woman	1806
Col. William Leake, Travels in the Morea (v.1-3)	§2.218 to Olympia, leaving the site of Scillus on the left, and Mount Typaeum on the right. This precipitous hill I have already described as being	1806

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