Tymphaia region (Grevena) 45 - Τυμφαία

Τυμφαία - Tymphaia, ancient region and people in Grevena Macedonia
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Latitude: 40.000000
Longitude: 21.200000
Confidence: High (20130000)

Greek name: Τυμφαία
Place ID: 400212RTym
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Region: Macedonia
Country: Greece
Department: Grevena
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Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander§1.7.2  led his army through Eordaea and Elimiotis and along the peaks of Stymphaea and Paravaea, and on the seventh day arrived at Pelina in Thessaly. -335
Lycophron, Alexandra§738  dweller in the steep abode of Trampya, wherein one day hereafter the Tymphaean dragon, even the king of the Aethices, shall at a feast destroy -309
Diodorus Siculus, Library 8-40§20.28.1  and Barsine; but when he was in camp at the place called Stymphaion, Cassander arrived with his army. As the camps were not far -309
Plutarch, Life of Pyrrhus§Pyr.6.2  hand; but Pyrrhus came, and demanded as a reward for his alliance Stymphaea and Paravaea in Macedonia, and, of the countries won by the allies, -300
Livy, History of Rome§45.30  by the Eordaei, the Lyncestae and the Pelagones; adjoining them are Atintania, Tymphaeia, and Elimiotis. The whole of this strip of country is cold -167
Strabo, Geography§7.7.8  rugged country — I mean the Molossi, the Athamanes, the Aethices, the Tymphaei, the Orestae, and also the Paroraei and the Atintanes, some of -1
Strabo, Geography§7.7.9  while Aiginium, on the border of Aethicia and Tricca, belonged to the Tymphaei . When one is already near to Macedonia and to Thessaly, and -1
Strabo, Geography§7.7.9  of the Peneius River, the possession of which is disputed by the Tymphaei and those Thessalians who live at the foot of the Pindus, and -1
Strabo, Geography§7.8.6  Aitolia and Mount Parnassus, About this mountain dwell the Orestae themselves, the Tymphaei, and the Greeks outside the isthmus that are in the neighborhood -1
Pliny the Elder, Natural History (37 books)§4.6  [3] AETOLIA: The peoples of Aitolia are the Athamanes, the Tymphaei, the Ephyri, the Aenienses, the Perrhaebi, the Dolopes, the Maraces, and -1
Pliny the Elder, Natural History (37 books)§4.35  and Dium, the Xylopolitae, the Scotussaei, a free people, Heraclea Sintica, the Tymphaei, and the Toronaei. -1
Pliny the Elder, Natural History (37 books)§35.198  sulphur, but it is very detrimental to colour. In Greece they use Tymphaea gypsum instead of Cimolian earth. -1
Pliny the Elder, Natural History (37 books)§36.182  the earth, as in Cyprus and Perrhaebia. There is also that of Tymphaea, which is stripped from the earth's surface. The mineral that is -1
Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica§A47.3  ἐν Θετταλίᾳ δ´ ᾤκουν ἐν τῷ Πίνδῳ ὄρει. Μαρσύας δὲ μέσον τῆς Τυμφαίας καὶ Ἀθαμανίας κεῖσθαί φησι τὴν χώραν. τὸ δὲ ἔθνος [ἐπιεικῶς] παράβολόν τε -1
Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica§T641.13  Tymphe: Τύμφη, ὄρος Θεσπρωτικόν. καὶ Τυμφαία πόλις. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Τυμφαῖος καὶ θηλυκῶς Τυμφαία. καὶ κτητικὸν Τυμφαϊκόν. καὶ Τυμφαιίς -1
Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica§T641.13  Tymphe: Τύμφη, ὄρος Θεσπρωτικόν. καὶ Τυμφαία πόλις. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Τυμφαῖος καὶ θηλυκῶς Τυμφαία . καὶ κτητικὸν Τυμφαϊκόν. καὶ Τυμφαιίς ὡς Ἀχαιίς. -1
Ptolemaeus, Geography (II-VI)§3.12.40  In Tymphaia : Gyrtone . 46°50' . 39°30' Hestiaians Phaistos . 47°15' . 39°20' 150
Theophrastus, On Stones§64  The Tymphaic earth is also used for clothes and is called gypsos by the 315
Theophrastus, On Stones§65  And thirdly, it occurs in Tymphaia and in Perrhaibia and in other places. Its nature is peculiar; for 315
Col. William Leake, Travels in Northern Greece (v. 1-4)§1.422  from whom we learn that Aeginium was in the country of the Tymphaei, and that it confined on Tricca. for Mount Tymphe is sufficiently 1805
Col. William Leake, Travels in Northern Greece (v. 1-4)§3.324  Thebes, when, crossing Eordaea and Elimeia, and passing the mountains of the Tymphaei and Paravaei, he arrived in seven days at Pelinnaeum in Thessaly. Without 1806
Col. William Leake, Travels in Northern Greece (v. 1-4)§3.482  by the Eordaei, the Lyncestae and the Pelagones; adjoining them are Atintania, Tymphaeia, and Elimiotis. The whole of this strip of country is cold 1806
Col. William Leake, Travels in Northern Greece (v. 1-4)§4.119  Chaonia, Atintania, Melotis, and Molossis, are thus correctly indicated, and if the Tymphaei occupied the sources of the Arachthus, as Strabo attests, the Paraveei are 1809
Col. William Leake, Travels in Northern Greece (v. 1-4)§4.120  little eastward of Trikkala, remarks that Alexander passed by the highlands of Tymphaea and Paravaea. The order of these two words ought clearly to be 1809
Col. William Leake, Travels in Northern Greece (v. 1-4)§4.120  The order of these two words ought clearly to be reversed, since Tymphaea, having given rise to the Arachthus, could not have been to 1809
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