Xypete (Ancient Greek: Ξυπέτη or Ξυπετῆ), also Xypeteum or Xypeteon (Ξυπετεών), was said to have been likewise called Troja (Τροία), because Teucrus led from hence an Attic colony into Phrygia, was a deme of ancient Attica. It was apparently near Peiraeeus or Phalerum, since Xypete, Peiraeeus, Phalerum, and Thymoetadae formed the τετράκωμοι, which had a temple of Heracles in common (τετράκωμον Ἡρακλεῖον).
The site of Xypete is tentatively located northeast of Peiraieus.
References
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xiii. p.604. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Art of Rhetoric 1.61
- Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- Julius Pollux, Onomasticon 4.105
- Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. sub voce Ἐχελίδαι.
- Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 59, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Attica". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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