Typaneae Explained

37.5088°N 21.8062°WTypaneae or Typaniai (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Τυπανέαι, Τυμπανέαι, or Τυμπάνεια), also Latinized as Tympaneae, was a town of Triphylia in ancient Elis, a possible successor settlement to Homeric Aepy.^{[1] [2]} It is mentioned by Strabo 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.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Typanaea.
2. http://users.sch.gr//kkotsanas/SKILLOUDAS%20TOURIST%20GUIDE/tourist%20guide%20of%20skilloudas/platiana.htm Platiana
3. 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 (Book: Juan José Torres Esbarranch . Estrabón, Geografía libros VIII-X . Gredos . 2001 . 84-249-2298-0 . Madrid . 59, n. 160 . Spanish.), 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))