Aepeia (Messenia)

Aepeia or Aipeia (Ancient Greek: Αἴπεια) was a town of ancient Messenia. It is mentioned by Homer in the Iliad as one of the seven Messenian towns, offered by Agamemnon to Achilles.[1] It is supposed by Strabo to be the same as Thuria,[2] and by Pausanias the same as Corone.[3]

Its site is dependent on which, if either, identification is accepted.

References
  1. Homer. Iliad. Vol. 9.152.
  2. Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 360. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. Pausanias (1918). "34.5". Description of Greece. Vol. 4. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Aepeia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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