Tilphossaeum or Tilphossaion (), also Tilphosaeum or Tilphosaion (Τιλφώσαιον or ΤιλΦωσαΐον), or Tilphusium or Tilphousion (Τιλφούσιον),
was a fortress in
ancient Boeotia
Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinisation of names, Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia (; modern Greek, modern: ; ancient Greek, ancient: ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Central Greece (adm ...
that commanded the narrow pass between
Mount Tilphossium and
Lake Copais
Lake Copais, also spelled Kopais or Kopaida (; ), was a lake in the centre of Boeotia, Greece, west of Thebes. It was first drained in the Bronze Age, and drained again in the late 19th century. It is now flat dry land and is still known as Kop ...
, which pass was one of great importance in antiquity, as the high road from northern Greece to
Thebes passed through it.
Its site is tentatively located near modern
Palaiothiva.
References
Populated places in ancient Boeotia
Former populated places in Greece
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