Xypete Explained

Xypete (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: 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,[1] was a deme of ancient Attica. It was apparently near Peiraeeus or Phalerum, since Xypete, Peiraeeus, Phalerum, and Thymoetadae formed the τετράκωμοι,[2] which had a temple of Heracles in common (τετράκωμον Ἡρακλεῖον).

The site of Xypete is tentatively located northeast of Peiraieus.

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37.9576°N 23.6855°W

Notes and References

  1. [Dionysius of Halicarnassus]
  2. [Julius Pollux]