Aipy or Aepy ( grc, Αἶπυ) was a city in ancient Elis,

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. It was one of the oldest towns in Elis, mentioned by

Homer Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') (born ) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the ...

in the Catalogue of Ships in ''

Iliad The ''Iliad'' (; grc, Ἰλιάς, Iliás, ; "a poem about Ilium") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the '' Odys ...

'', as one of the territories ruled by Nestor. Homer uses the expression "ἐΰκτιτον Αίπυ" (ἐΰκτιτον means "well-built" and Αίπυ, the town's name, means "steep"). It is also quoted in the '' Homeric Hymn to Apollo''. There are those who believe that the name corresponds to the toponym ''A-pu2'' cited in tablets in Linear B. Its location is a mystery, which has occupied minds since at least the time of Strabo, who commented it could be considered that Aipy should be identified with a city called Margana or with a natural bastion located near Makistos. It may the same as the later

Epeium Epeium or Epeion ( grc, Ἤπειον or Ήπειον) or Epium or Epion (Ἔπιον or Ήπιον) or Aepion or Aipion (Αἰπίον or Αἴπιον) was a town of Triphylia in ancient Elis, which stood between Makistos and Heraea, and may h ...

, a town of

Triphylia Triphylia ( el, Τριφυλία, ''Trifylia'', "the country of the three tribes") was an area of the ancient Peloponnese. Strabo and Pausanias both describe Triphylia as part of Elis, and it fell at times under the domination of the city of El ...

, which was located on a mountain, between

Macistus In Greek mythology, Macistus or Makistos (Ancient Greek: Μάκιστος means 'tallest' or 'greatest) may refer to the following person and surname: * Macistus, a Boeotian prince as the son of King Athamas probably by the cloud-nymph Nephele, t ...

and Heraea. The site of Epeium is tentatively identified with a site near Tripiti. Others suggest that Aipy was the later

Typaneae Typaneae or Typaniai ( grc, Τυπανέαι, Τυμπανέαι, or Τυμπάνεια), also Latinized as Tympaneae, was a town of Triphylia in ancient Elis, a possible successor settlement to Homeric Aepy. It is mentioned by Strabo along wit ...

, and locate its site between the present villages Platiana and Makistos (both in the municipal unit of

Skillounta Skillounta is a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andritsaina-Krestena, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 194.409 km2. It is ...

), where a wall of the ancient acropolis survives into the present, together with a theatre and an agora (market), now entirely in ruins.Πλατιανα
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Cities in ancient Peloponnese Populated places in ancient Elis Former populated places in Greece Locations in the Iliad {{ancientElis-geo-stub