Typaneae or Typaniai ( grc, Τυπανέαι,
Τυμπανέαι,
or Τυμπάνεια), also
Latinized as Tympaneae, was a town of
Triphylia in
ancient Elis
Elis () or Eleia ( el, Ήλιδα, Ilida, grc-att, Ἦλις, Ēlis ; Elean: , ethnonym: ) is an ancient district in Greece that corresponds to the modern regional unit of Elis.
Elis is in southern Greece on the Peloponnese, bounded on th ...
, a possible successor settlement to
Homeric Aepy. It is mentioned by
Strabo
Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see ...
along with
Hypana near the rivers
Dalion and
Acheron, tributaries of
Alpheus.
[ It was taken by Philip V of Macedon in the Social War.][ It was situated in the mountains in the interior of the country.
Its site has been located near modern Vresto, though other writers disagree and propose other locations.][It has been suggested by Juan José Torres Esbarranch that it can be identified with remains, among which there is a theatre, located on a hill 5 km (3 mi) from the modern town of Platiana (), but the Greek Ministry of Culture proposes that these remains could have belonged to the ancient Hypana.]
Page of the Ministry of Culture of Greece: the acropolis of Platiana (in Greek)
References
Populated places in ancient Elis
Former populated places in Greece
Triphylia
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