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ΡΥΠΑΙ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΑΙΓΙΑΛΕΙΑ
Hpupai, : Eth. Rhups, Hpupos. A city of Achaia, 30 stadia W. of Aegium,
was originally one of the twelve Achaean cities. It had ceased to be a member
of the League in the time of Polybius, who mentions Leontium in its place. Rhypes,
however, continued to exist down to the time of Augustus; but this emperor transferred
its inhabitants to Patrae, and its territory (Rhupis, or he Hpupike) was divided
between Aegium and Pharae. Its ruins were seen by Pausanias at a short distance
from the main road from Aegium to Patrae. We learn from Strabo that this town
was mentioned by Aeschylus as keraunias Hpupas, or Rhypes stricken by the thunderbolt.
It was the birthplace of Myscellus, the founder of Croton. (Herod. i. 145; Paus.
vii. 6. § 1, vii. 18. § 7, vii. 23. § 4; Strab. viii. pp. 386, 387.) In the territory
of Rhypes there was a demus called Leuctrum (Leuktron, Strab. p. 387), and also
a seaport named Erineum (Erineon, or Erineos limen) which is mentioned by Thucydides,
and which is described by Pausanias as 60 stadia from Aegium. (Thuc. vii. 34;
Paus. vii. 22. § 10; Plin. iv. 6.) The geographers of the French Commission place
Rhypes at some ruins on the right bank of the river Tholo, where it issues into
the plain; and the distance of the position on the Tholo from Vostitza (Aegium)
is that which Pausanias assigns as the interval between Aegium and Rhypes. But
Leake, thinking it highly improbable that two of the chief cities of Achaia should
have been only 30 stadia from each other, suspects the accuracy of Pausanias or
his text, as to the distance between Rhypes and Aegium. He accordingly places
Rhypes further W. on the banks of the river of Salmeniko, and supposes Erineum
to have been its port and to have been situated immediately above it at the harbour
of Lambiri. The position of Lambiri answers very well to that of Erineum; but
the reason given by Leake does not appear sufficient for rejecting the express
statement of Pausanias as to the distance between Aegium and Rhypes. (Leake, Peloponnesiaca,
p. 408)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
One of the twelve cities of Achaia, situated between Aegium and Patrae. It was destroyed by Augustus, and its inhabitants removed to Patrae.
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